Obesity and Voice

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Abdul-Latif Hamdan, Robert T. Sataloff, Mary J. Hawkshaw

Details: 400 pages, B&W, Hardcover, 7" x 10"

ISBN13: 978-1-63550-258-9

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Obesity and Voice: Current Views and Future Trends examines obesity-related voice research and suggests future research trends on the link between weight loss, weight gain, obesity, and phonation.

Obesity is becoming one of the leading causes of disabilities and death. This unique text highlights the various means by which excessive weight, and weight loss, may jeopardize voice quality and endurance. All three components of voice production, the respiratory system and abdominal back and thoracic muscles as the power source, the vocal folds as the oscillator, and the vocal tract as the resonator, are targets of anatomic and systemic obesity-induced changes. Consequently, phonatory effects of obesity are inevitable.

Considering the epidemic nature of obesity, obesity-related voice research is a critical topic for anyone interested in conditions affecting the voice, especially professional voice users and physicians.

Reviews

"The book starts with an extensive overview of anatomy and physiology. The content is exceptional and there are pictures to complement the text. The chapters on evaluation cover many questions that clinicians should consider in the history taking along with their rationale and then provides excellent information about objective evaluation methods. The next section of the book delves into obesity and the potential impact to the voice. This is more or less broken down into separate body systems: body size or fat distribution, sex hormones, the respiratory system, the digestive systems and impact of reflux. The remainder of the book covers nutrition and the theoretical impact of weight loss on the voice. The most impressive aspect of this book is the review of current literature on each of the topics and the authors' discussions of the impact or potential impact on the voice based on the existing evidence."
—Jonelyn Langenstein, MM, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine), in Doody's Reviews (August 2019)

Preface

Contributors

Chapter 1. The Epidemic of Obesity; Incidental Dysphonia

Abdul-Latif Hamdan, Robert Thayer Sataloff, and Mary J. Hawkshaw

Chapter 2. Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Voice

Robert Thayer Sataloff

Chapter 3. Patient History

Robert Thayer Sataloff

Chapter 4. Physical Examination

Robert Thayer Sataloff

Chapter 5. Obesity, Body Size and Voice

Abdul-Latif Hamdan, Robert Thayer Sataloff, and Mary J. Hawkshaw

Chapter 6. Obesity, Sex Hormones, and Voice

Abdul-Latif Hamdan, Robert Thayer Sataloff, and Mary J. Hawkshaw

Chapter 7. Respiratory Dysfunction (Chapter 46 from PV4)

Robert Thayer Sataloff, John R. Cohn, and Mary J. Hawkshaw

Chapter 8. Obesity, Respiration, and Voice

Abdul-Latif Hamdan, Robert Thayer Sataloff, and Mary J. Hawkshaw

Chapter 9. Reflux and Other Gastroenterologic Conditions That May Affect the Voice

Robert Thayer Sataloff, Donald O. Castell, Philip O. Katz, Dahlia M. Sataloff, and Mary J. Hawkshaw

Chapter 10. The Adverse Role of Obesity on Gastroesophageal and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease

Abdul-Latif Hamdan, Robert Thayer Sataloff, and Mary J. Hawkshaw

Chapter 11. Nutrition and the Professional Voice

Jennifer A. Nasser, Nyree Dardarian, Abigail D. Gilman, and Sobhana Ranjan

Chapter 12. Effect of Weight Loss on Voice

Abdul-Latif Hamdan, Robert Thayer Sataloff, and Mary J. Hawkshaw

Chapter 13. Conclusion

Abdul-Latif Hamdan, Robert Thayer Sataloff, and Mary J. Hawkshaw

Index

Authors

Abdul-Latif Hamdan

Abdul-Latif Hamdan, MD, EMBA, MPH, FACS, is currently a Professor of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Head of the Division of Laryngology and Director of “Hamdan Voice and Swallowing Unit” at the American University of Beirut Medical Center AUBMC. He is the founder of the "Hamdan Voice and Swallowing Unit" at AUBMC, the Lebanese Voice Association in Lebanon, the "Hamdan International Award" at the Voice Foundation, and the Voice Foundation Lebanon Chapter.

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Robert T. Sataloff

Robert T. Sataloff, MD, DMA, FACS, is Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Academic Specialties, Drexel University College of Medicine. He also holds Adjunct Professorships in the Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; and he is on the faculty of the Academy of Vocal Arts. He serves as Conductor of the Thomas Jefferson University Choir. Dr. Sataloff is also a professional singer and singing teacher. He holds an undergraduate degree from Haverford College in Music Theory and Composition; graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; received a Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance from Combs College of Music; and he completed Residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and a Fellowship in Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery at the University of Michigan. Dr. Sataloff is Chair of the Boards of Directors of the Voice Foundation and of the American Institute for Voice and Ear Research. He also has served as Chair of the Board of Governors of Graduate Hospital; President of the American Laryngological Association, the International Association of Phonosurgery, the Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and the American Society of Geriatric Otolaryngology, Vice President of the Eastern Section of the Triological Society, and in numerous other leadership positions. Dr. Sataloff is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Voice; Editor Emeritus of Ear, Nose and Throat Journal; Associate Editor of the Journal of Singing; on the Editorial Board of Medical Problems of Performing Artists and is an editorial reviewer for numerous otolaryngology journals. He is a member of the Editorial Panel of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. Dr. Sataloff has written over 1,200 publications including 78 books, and he has been awarded more than $5 million in research funding. His h-index is 48 (as of March 2025). He has invented more than 75 laryngeal microsurgical instruments distributed currently by Integra Medical, ossicular replacement prostheses produced by Grace Medical, and a novel laryngeal prosthesis (patent pending). He holds a patent on unique thyroplasty implant. His medical practice is limited to care of the professional voice and to otology/neurotology/skull base surgery. Dr. Sataloff has developed numerous novel surgical procedures including total temporal bone resection for formerly untreatable skull base malignancy, laryngeal microflap and mini-microflap procedures, vocal fold lipoinjection, vocal fold lipoimplantation, and others. Dr. Sataloff is recognized as one of the founders of the field of voice, having written the first modern comprehensive article on care of singers, and the first chapter and book on care of the professional voice, as well as having influenced the evolution of the field through his own efforts and through the Voice Foundation for over 4 decades. Dr. Sataloff has been recognized by Best Doctors in America (Woodward White Athens) every year since 1992, Philadelphia Magazine since 1997, and Castle Connolly’s “America’s Top Doctors” since 2002.

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Mary J. Hawkshaw

Mary J. Hawkshaw, BSN, RN, CORLN, has been associated with Dr. Robert Sataloff, Philadelphia Ear, Nose & Throat Associates, and the American Institute for Voice & Ear Research (AIVER) since 1986. She has served as Secretary/Treasurer of AIVER since 1988 and was named Executive Director of AIVER in January 2000. She is Research Professor of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Voice Foundation since 1990.

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