The voice and its disorders /
Margaret Cicely Langton Greene; Lesley Mathieson
- 5th ed.
- London : Whurr, 1991.
- XIX, 425 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Part 1 Normal voice: communicative functions of the voice - an introduction; anatomy and physiology of respiration; the larynx and the organs of articulation and resonance - anatomy and physiology; normal voice production; voice mutation - infancy to senescence. Part 2 Voice disorders: dysphonia - classification and perceptual assessment; dysphonia - objective assessment and biofeedback; hyperkinetic dysphonia - vocal misuse and abuse; hyperkinetic dysphonia - remediation; psychogenic voice disorders; psychogenic and endocrine disorders of pitch; disorders of nasal resonance; laryngeal structual anomalies; infection and trauma; neurological dysphonias; therapy for neurological dysphonias; laryngeal palsy; laryngeal carcinoma - treatment and management; total laryngectomy - acquisition of pseudo-voice. Appendices: manufacturers' addresses; vocal profile analysis protocal; address of societies and communication.