Professional Voice: The Science And Art of Clinical Care

Massively expanded to 106 chapters in three volumes - 38 of which are completely new to this edition - and fully revised throughout, the third edition of Professional Voice: the Science and Art of Clinical Care provides a practical understanding of most specialized aspects of clinical care of professional voice users in particular, as well as most of the information necessary to provide state of the art diagnosis and treatment for any patient with a voice disorder. Other features of this edition include an increased number of color and black and white illustrations, new case examples, sample reports and exercise lists, plus a fully updated and comprehensive multi-disciplinary glossary. While written primarily for physicians, this comprehensive work is also designed to be used by (and written in language accessible to) speech-language pathologists, voice teachers, performers and others involved in the care and maintenance of the human voice. Indeed, even the most sophisticated basic science chapters provide enough introductory information to render them accessible to readers without a science background. In a single, convenient source, it gives information essential for a voice care professional or performer.