The Voice and its disorders /
Lesley Mathieson
- 6th ed.
- London ; New Jersey : Whurr Publishers, 2002
- xx, 750 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Greene and Mathieson's Voice and its disorders
Part I -- Communicative functions of the voice: an introduction. The larynx and upper respiratory tract. The lower respiratory tract. Normal voice and phonation. Voice mutation: infancy to senescence. Part II -- Voice disorders. Presentation and classification. Hyperfunctional dysphonia. Psychogenic voice disorders. Vocal tract structural abnormalities: congenital and acquired. Neurogenic voice disorders. Laryngeal disease, inflammatory conditions and diseases affecting the vocal tract. Part III -- Voice therapy: the process. Analysis and evaluation: perceptual and instrumental. Management and treatment: principles and techniques. Specific techniques. Specific intervention: children, the elderly, singers. Laryngeal carcinoma: presentation and management.