Vocal Arts Medicine or In a Tangled Wood

Vocal Arts Medicine

Author: Michael Benninger

This volume brings the art and science of voice-care into a reference format for all those involved with professional care. To this end, otolaryngologists, speech-language pathologists, teachers and performers of music and psychologists have written this text to: introduce the scope of professional-voice care; discuss the need for an understanding of the anatomy, physiology and art of voice-use; identify the resources available to deliver this care; and introduce the future of vocal arts medicine. The book begins with a section describing the anatomy and physiology of voice production. This is followed by specific evaluation strategies for professional-voice disorders. The last section is concerned with categorizing the disorders, and discussing various prevention and treatment strategies—including surgery.

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A reference on the art and science of voice care, for those who are involved with professional voice care. Otolaryngologists, speech- language pathologists, teachers and performers of music, and psychologists introduce the scope of professional voice care, discuss the need for an understanding of the anatomy, physiology, and art of voice use, identify the resources available to deliver this care, and introduce the future of vocal arts medicine. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Vocal Arts Medicine: Historical and Future Perspectives	1
2	Gross and Microscopic Anatomy of the Larynx	11
3	Physiology of Phonation	30
4	The Mechanics of Singing: Coordinating Physiology and Acoustics in Singing	61
5	Professional Voice Users: Obtaining the History	72
6	The Multidisciplinary Voice Clinic	79
7	The Medical Examination	86
8	Clinical Voice Assessment	97
9	Assessment of the Singing Voice	112
10	Objective Voice Analysis: The Clinical Voice Laboratory	135
11	Disorders of Speaking in the Professional Voice User	153
12	Disorders of Singing	163
13	The Professional Speaking Voice	169
14	Medical Disorders in the Vocal Artist	177
15	Medications and Their Effects on the Voice	216
16	Voice Education and Health Care for Young Voices	226
17	The Aging Voice	269
18	Performance Anxiety	281
19	The Speech-Language Pathologist's Role in the Management of the Professional Voice	291
20	Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment	318
21	Phonosurgery	344
	Appendix A	356
	Appendix B	361
	Index	370

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Author: Joyce Dyer

Joyce Dyer's moving and compassionate memoir offers readers a rare and authentic glimpse into the world and culture of an Alzheimer's special care unit. Although her mother, Annabelle Coyne, is the central focus, we come to know an entire group of people, each in various stages of Alzheimer's disease and each affected in a different way by its ravages. We meet Benny, Tanglewood's sex maniac who wears bowling suspenders; Kathleen, lover of gourmet coffees and former opera singer; Carolyn, the nurse who calms patients with the trill of her flute; and Angie, the activity director who brings her green parakeet to work and organizes mock weddings and August beach parties. Through the residents of the unit, and through the staff that cares for them, we learn about Alzheimer's disease, and about the boundlessness of the human spirit. Dyer offers no cure for Alzheimer's disease within these pages, but she does discover wonder and hope. This is a powerful book, filled with pain and sadness, but one that demonstrates the irony that this devastating disease can offer occasion for joy and laughter as well.