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viii, 296 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Voice and voice therapy -- Biological function of the larynx -- Emotional function of the larynx -- Linguistic function of the voice -- Voice disorders related to organic problems -- Functional voice disorders -- Sites of vocal hyperfunction -- Normal voice -- Respiration -- Phonation -- Resonance -- Voice disorders -- Voice disorders related to faulty usage -- Voice disorders related to organic changes of vocal mechanisms -- Voice evaluation -- Voice screening -- Voice evaluation and medical information.
Voice evaluation and the case history -- Voice evaluation and observation of the patient -- Voice evaluation and testing of the patient -- Voice therapy for problems of vocal hyperfunction -- Establishing where to start in voice therapy -- Voice therapy for young children -- Voice therapy for adolescents and adults -- Voice therapy facilitating techniques -- Altering tongue position -- Change of loudness -- Chant talk -- Counseling (explanation of the problem) -- Digital manipulation -- Ear training -- Elimination of abuses -- Elimination of hard glottal attack.
Establishing a new pitch -- Feedback -- Focus -- Glottal fry -- Half-swallow, boom -- Head positioning -- Hierarchy analysis -- Inhalation phonation -- Masking -- Nasal/glide stimulation -- Open-mouth approach -- Pitch inflections -- Relaxation -- Respiration training -- Tongue protrusion -- Warble -- Yawn-sigh -- Voice therapy for special problems -- Special problems where there is no voice -- Special voice problems using a poor mode of phonation -- Special voice problems related to certain conditions.
Therapy for resonance disorders -- Nasal resonance problems -- Evaluation of nasal resonance disorders -- Treatment of nasal resonance disorders -- Therapy for oral-pharyngeal resonance problems -- Evaluation and voice therapy in various settings -- Voice evaluation and voice therapy in the schools -- Voice evaluation and voice therapy in private practice -- Consultation for the professional voice -- Voice evaluation and voice therapy in the university and/or voice research clinic -- Voice evaluation and voice therapy in community clinics.
Voice evaluation and voice therapy in ent and hospital clinics.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-293) and index.