The Source for Voice Disorders Adolescent & Adult

This resource provides clinicians with evaluative tools, treatment ideas and therapy tasks to help clients improve in voice therapy sessions.

The resource starts with an overview of the anatomy and physiology of voice production. The chapter on voice evaluation includes terminology, rating scales, instrumental and noninstrumental assessment, and report writing. An overview of 23 voice disorders is given with etiology, presentation, and treatment/therapy suggestions. Topics include:

• Functional Voice Disorders: functional aphonia, paradoxical vocal fold movement (PVFM), muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) and more
• Neurological Voice Disorders: vocal fold paralysis and spasmodic dysphonia (SD)
• Organic Voice Pathologies: polyps and nodules, granuloma, reflux laryngitis, sulcus vocalis, papilloma, and cancer
• Gastro-Esophogeal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Neurological Conditions Affecting the Voice: pseudobulbar palsy, myasthenia gravis, essential tremor, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's Chorea, and more

Various treatment approaches are reviewed and specific exercises and therapy activities are provided for:

• vocal hygiene
• voice therapy theories and approaches (e.g., resonant voice therapy, laryngeal massage)
• therapy exercises/tasks
• physical exercises
• respiration/airflow
• phonation
• resonance

Intervention pages are photocopiable or can be printed from the CD. These include:

• voice, respiration, and resonance exercise sheets
• evaluation tools
• voice handicap index
• example treatment plans
• sample protocols
• consent forms
• patient questionnaire
• educational handouts

For children 13 years of age to adult.