Description
Book SynopsisSince this book was first published, four years ago, there has been a considerable upsurge of interest in the field of both normal and abnormal voice production. Tangible evidence of this lies in the publication of the Journal of Voice in the United States, and in the UK the formation of the British Voice Association.
Table of ContentsThe physiology of phonation, Robert Fawcus; the causes and classification of voice disorders, Margaret Fawcus; assessment of the dysphonic patient, Margaret Gordon; visual feedback in the management of dysphonia, Allen Hirson and Robert Fawcus; laryngeal disorders in children, Andrew Johns; therapy and management of the dysphonic child, Elaine Hodkinson; laryngeal disorders in adults, Andrew Johns; hyperfunctional voice - the misuse and abuse syndrome, Margaret Fawcus; when is a voice disorder psychogenic? - some considerations for diagnosis and management, Margaret Freeman; voice in people with cerebral palsy, Kay Coombes; voice problems in the dysarthic patient, Sheila Scott and Brian Williams; vocal cord paralyses, Malcolm Stockley; adductor spastic dysphonia - diagnosis and management, Margaret Stoicheff; the voice of the deaf, Sheila Wirz; mutational disorders of voice, Robert Fawcus; the voice of the transsexual, Judith Chaloner; post-radiotherapy voice, Margaret Stoicheff; phonosurgery, Marc Bouchayer and Guy Cornut; an interdisciplinary voice clinic, Tom Harris et al; the voice clinic in a general hospital, Eryl Evans.
