Voice Disorders - Fourth Edition

With this exciting new edition, the study of voice disorders comes out of its infancy and into the modern era of care for the voice!

With Voice Disorders, Fourth Edition, authors Christine Sapienza, PhD and Bari Hoffman, PhD have created a comprehensive package for learning. The authors uniquely blend voice science with voice treatments ranging from traditional interventions to recent advances in cellular therapies, muscle strength training, and treatments for special populations. The text has been extensively updated with clinical evidence-based information and comes with a robust online companion website including a study workbook, videos, audio files, and case studies.

This fourth edition offers a comprehensive combined study of the respiratory, laryngeal, and neurological subsystems for voice. Therapy approaches are categorized in terms of type, such as physiologic, combined modality, and hygienic. The new edition expands the approaches to voice therapy, and better defines clinical decision making with information about humanistic communication strategies, adherence, and the multitude of variables that influence patient outcomes.

New to the Fourth Edition:

• The anatomical illustrations are now in color
• Updated throughout to reflect the current state of research in the evaluation and treatment of voice and upper airway disorders
• Many new references depicting evidence-based outcomes
• Updated clinical guidelines and position statements
• A thoroughly revised chapter on voice therapy
• Extensive content added on gender affirmation: the role of the SLP along with various evaluation and therapy approaches
• More laryngeal images and endoscopic examinations
• Expanded coverage of contemporary phonosurgery approaches and the role of the SLP pre- and post-surgery
• Extensively expanded material on head and neck cancer and alaryngeal communication

From the Foreword

"...This fourth edition of Voice Disorders builds on the earlier editions and offers the student and clinician a comprehensive combined study of the respiratory, laryngeal, and neurological subsystems that make up voice production. The authors blend voice science with voice treatments ranging from traditional interventions to recent advances in cellular therapies, muscle strength training, and treatments for special populations such as singers and actors and those with complex medical conditions. Cases highlight various intervention strategies. With this fourth edition of Voice Disorders, the study of voice disorders comes out of its infancy and into the modern era of comprehensive care for the voice. ...I have had to privilege of reviewing previous editions of Voice Disorders and share a rich professional and personal relationship with the authors. They both reflect the title “teacher-scientist-clinician” and this edition punctuates that title perfectly. Since they are both teachers, they understand the needs of students and have developed educational approaches to nourish those needs in the classroom as well as in the research lab and in clinical practice."

—Thomas Murry, PhD
Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Co-Director, Loma Linda University Voice and Swallowing Center
Loma Linda University Health Center