Colton: Understanding Voice Problems 4th Edition: A Physiological Perspective for Diagnosis and Treatment






Understanding Voice Problems: A Physiological Perspective for Diagnosis and Treatment emphasizes the physiological perspective of voice disorders—and the behavioral and emotional factors that can influence these changes. Readers will find a strong foundation in normal phonatory physiology and acoustics as well as pathophysiology arising from voice misuse, abuse, or neurological involvement. Coverage includes in-depth explorations of patient interviewing, history-taking, examination, and testing and discussions of pediatric and geriatric voice considerations. The book contains numerous illustrations, including full-color plates of vocal fold pathologies.

A companion website features nearly 30 video clips that demonstrate healthy, normally functioning larynges at work, plus larynges with various pathological problems.


Key Features 
  • Insightful case studies included in the diagnostic chapters help your students apply what they have learned and build critical thinking skills.
  • 23 videos (7 new) demonstrating healthy, normally functioning larynges at work, plus larynges with various pathological problems.
  • New critical thinking chapter questions facilitate discussion and application of key concepts.
  • New key terms identified at the beginning of each chapter and highlighted and defined within the chapter.
  • Numerous illustrations, including full-color plates of vocal fold pathologies. 


Contents
  • 1. Introduction and Overview
  • 2. Differential Diagnosis of Voice Problems
  • 3. Morphology of Vocal Fold Mucosa: Histology to Genomics
  • 4. Phonotrauma: Its Effects on Phonatory Physiology
  • 5. Voice Problems Associated With Nervous System Involvement
  • 6. Voice Problems Associated With Organic Disease and Trauma
  • 7. Voice Problems Associated With the Pediatric and the Geriatric Voice
  • 8. The Voice History, Examination, and Testing
  • 9. Surgical and Medical Management of Voice Disorders
  • 10. Vocal Rehabilitation
  • 11. Anatomy of the Vocal Fold Mechanism
  • 12. Phonatory Physiology
  • 13. Neuroanatomy of the Vocal Mechanism
  • 14. Some Normative Data on the Voice
Appendix:Forms Used in Voice Evaluation: Clinic and Laboratory References
Figure and Table
Credits
Index


About the Authors
  • Raymond H Colton PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; Professor Emeritus, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
  • Janina K Casper PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
  • Rebecca Leonard PhD, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth edition (February 9, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1609138740
  • ISBN-13: 978-1609138745
  • Product Dimensions: 1 x 5 x 10.5 inches

List Price: $124.95 
 

Medical Lecture Note Copyright © 2011