Voice Update

by World Voice Congress 1995 (Oporto, Portugal); Clemente, M. Pais, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780444822307
• ISBN10: 0444822305
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd

Summary

Oporto Medical School, Portugal. Proceedings from the first World Voice Congress, held in Oporto, Portugal, April 9-13, 1995. 100 contributors, 28 U.S.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
The wonderful world of communication in nature	p. 3
Laryngovideostroboscopy: its value in medical assessment	p. 7
Laryngeal imaging with stroboscopy: its value in therapeutic assessment	p. 11
Phonetogram voice range profile: assessment of voice capacities and its clinical value	p. 23
Electroglottography: a useful method in voice investigation	p. 29
The role of a voice laboratory in the study of voice disorders	p. 35
Differential diagnosis of AD-AB-Ductor spasmodic dysphonia, vocal tremor and ventricular dysphonia by auditory and phonoscopic observations	p. 47
Treatment of dysphonias secondary to gastroesophageal reflux	p. 63
Treatment of dysphonia secondary to environmental pollution	p. 69
Treatment of dysphonia secondary to allergies	p. 73
The basis of treatment of benign organically based dysphonias: anatomic and histologic correlates, physiological basis and treatment strategies	p. 79
Conservative phonomicrosurgery in the treatment of premalignant vocal fold lesions	p. 103
Voice preservation by CO[subscript 2] laser surgery for early and advanced laryngeal cancer	p. 105
Treatment of laryngeal cancer: implications for voice conservation and restoration	p. 111
Common etiologies of vocal fold scarring: clinical and objective assessment	p. 115
Vocal fold scarring: current concepts in management	p. 119
Acquired vocal fold web prevention and management	p. 125
Glottic physiology after Botox treatment of adductor spasmodic dysphonia, abductor spasmodic dysphonia and vocal tremor	p. 131
Laryngeal framework surgery - a tailored approach to voice improvement	p. 147
An integrated postlaryngectomy rehabilitation program	p. 161
Experience with voice preservation and restoration using shunts	p. 169
Voice results using the indwelling Provox voice prosthesis	p. 173
Principles of physiologic voice therapy	p. 185
Behavior readjustment voice therapy for the ailing professional voice	p. 191
Principles and outcome of voice therapy in pediatric and younger populations	p. 199
Voice treatment for patients with Parkinson's disease	p. 205
Preoperative voice therapy: indications: basis, strategies	p. 217
Adjunctive voice therapy in the management of dysphonias in premalignant conditions	p. 229
Integrated approach to the treatment of benign dysphonias: pharmacology, voice therapy and manipulation. Problems with suitable trial design in a multidisciplinary clinical setting	p. 235
Treatment of dysphonias in the geriatric population	p. 241
Differential diagnosis and treatment of psychogenic dysphonia	p. 249
Treatment of dysphonias secondary to stress and psychogenic factors	p. 257
Healthy voice training for all age groups and all singing styles	p. 265
Formants in singers	p. 273
Heavy and light register, falsetto register, its history and use. Function and sensation of voice registers	p. 281
Basic vocal survival skills	p. 287
Contemporary voice issues and development of voice care	p. 293
The relevance of molecular biology to voice and voice disorders	p. 301
Development of a totally implantable artificial larynx	p. 311
Reliability and relevance of differentiated perceptual evaluation of pathological voice quality	p. 321
Normal strobovideolaryngoscopy: variability in healthy singers	p. 325
Analysis of the vocal score in lyrical singers	p. 331
Lasertherapy in T1 - T2 and T3 laryngeal glottic tumors	p. 337
Analysis of a complex of 25 factors influencing the course of voice rehabilitation in laryngectomized patients	p. 341
A new concept of surgical voice restoration after total laryngectomy: the female voice	p. 349
Prosthetic voice rehabilitation results	p. 353
Acoustic and morphological lesions of the larynx in alcoholics	p. 357
Recent findings on laryngeal microneuroanatomy	p. 363
Distribution of motor end-plates in intrinsic laryngeal muscles of the rat: a comparative study with man	p. 369
Role of molecular genetics in management of laryngeal cancer (LC) - genetic alterations in LC revealed by FISH analysis: preliminary report	p. 375
Photodiagnosis of premalignant and malignant laryngeal diseases: A new diagnostic procedure	p. 383
Acknowledgements	p. 395
Index of authors	p. 397
Keyword index	p. 399
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