The Source for Voice Disorders

Book excerpt: This high-quality resource provides the experienced or new clinician with evaluative tools, treatment ideas, and therapy tasks to help clients improve in voice therapy. Benefits Includes evaluative tools and therapy tasks for patients with functional and/or medical voice disorders Organized to provide easy reference of a diagnosis with etiology, physiology, and corresponding recommendations for treatment Overview of anatomy and physiology of voice production for easy and quick review Suggestions given for evaluation techniques and ways to develop appropriate goals and treatment plans Descriptions, diagnostically useful information, and treatment suggestions provided for 23 voice disorders: 6 functional 2 neurological 15 organic Treatment approaches, tasks, and stimulus items target: 3 areas of vocal hygiene 15 therapy theories and approaches 3 sections of therapy tasks for respiration, phonation, and resonance Includes suggestions for the target, goal, and cueing strategies/instructions for the following activities: 13 physical exercises and techniques 10 respiration exercises 11 phonation exercises 12 resonance exercises and techniques 5 carryover ideas Learn the medical, surgical, and therapeutic information you need to assess and treat patients with various types of laryngeal cancer Features reproducible exercises, teacher recommendations, suggestions, and example treatment plans glossary, resources, and references There are many current texts in the area of evaluation and treatment of voice, but few provide treatment ideas and stimulus tasks. The Source for Voice Disorders was designed to assist you with both the evaluative tools and therapy tasks to provide the best service possible to your patients.