Overview

• World-leading contributions on the anatomical, physiological and mechanical aspects of voice production.
• Aimed at a wide audience including otolaryngologist, speech pathologists, singing and voice teachers as well as professional voice users.

Covering every possible aspect of voice production, this new book provides speech-language pathologists, otolaryngologists and other members of the voice team with a thorough grounding in the anatomical, physiological and mechanical aspects of the subject, as well as an introduction to cutting-edge research in voice science.

Audience

Primary Subject: Voice
Secondary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Voice and Voice Therapy
Audience Level: Professional/Textbook - 90 Days

• Foreword.
  Johan Sundburg, Ph.D.
• Preface
• The Physics of Sound.
  Robert Thayer Sataloff, M.D., D.M.A.
• Music and the Brain.
  Thomas Swirsky-Sacchetti, Ph.D., Kelly Gilrain, M.A., Elisabeth Mandel, B.A., Joseph Tracy, Ph.D., and Steven Mandel, M.D.
• Genetics of the Voice.
  Robert Thayer Sataloff, M.D., D.M.A.
• Genomics and Proteomics in Voice.
  Steven D. Gray, Ph.D. Susan L. Thibeault, Ph.D., and Riita Ylitalo, M.D.
• Laryngeal Embryology and Vocal Development.
  David H. Henick, M.D., and Robert Thayer Sataloff, M.D., D.M.A.
• Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Voice.
  Robert Thayer Sataloff, M.D., D.M.A.
• Arytenoid Movement.
  James A. Letson, Jr., M.D., and Renny Tatchell, Ph.D.
• Vocal Fold Injury and Repair.
  Susan L. Thibeault, Ph.D., and Steven D. Gray, Ph.D.
• Cellular and Molecular Mechanics of Aging of the Vocal Fold.
  Leslie T. Malmgren, Ph.D.
• Implications of Nutraceutical Modulation of Glutathione with Cystine and Cysteine in General Health and Voice Medicine.
  Thomas A. Kwyer, M.D., Gustavo Bounous, M.D., F.R.C.S(C), and Robert Thayer Sataloff, M.D., D.M.A.
• An Overview of Laryngeal Function for Voice Production.
  Ronald J. Baken, Ph.D.
• Laryngeal Function During Phonation.
  Ronald C. Scherer, Ph.D.
• Vocal Tract Resonance.
  Johan Sundberg, Ph.D.
• Chaos in Voice Research.
  Rajeev Bhatia, B.S.E.E., M.S., Ph.D., Mary J. Hawkshaw, BSN, RN, CORLN, and Robert Thayer Sataloff, M.D., D.M.A.
• Dynamical Disorders of Voice: A Chaotic Perspective on Vocal Irregularities.
  Ronald C. Baken, Ph.D.
• Voice and Forensics.
  Harry F. Hollien

About The Author

Robert Sataloff, M.D.

Robert T. Sataloff, M.D., D.M.A., F.A.C.S., is a Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery and Senior Dean for Clinical Academic Specialties, Drexel University College of Medicine. He is also Adjunct Professor in the departments of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University, and on the faculty of the Academy of Vocal Arts.

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