Grade 8 | SPEECH & LANGUAGE
The Source

Voice Disorders

Adolescent and Adult

Second Edition
Sandra Kasper Schwartz
  • Grades 8 - Adult
  • Ages 13 - Adult
  • Format 8½" x 11"
  • Pages 192
  • Copyright 2020
  • Product Code 31748 ( MR #068361 )

Price $49.00

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The revised, second edition of this popular manual provides updated information, guidelines, and recommendations for clinical practice in the evaluation and treatment of patients with voice disorders. This resource provides both the experienced and new clinician with evaluative tools, treatment ideas, and therapy tasks to help clients improve.
 
The Source Voice Disorders: Adolescent and Adult–Second Edition, begins with an overview of the anatomy and physiology of voice production. The chapter on voice evaluation includes rating scales, instrumental and noninstrumental assessment, and report writing. An overview of 23 voice disorders is given, along with their etiology, presentation, and treatment/therapy suggestions.
 
Various treatment approaches are reviewed and specific exercises and therapy activities are given for:
  • Vocal hygiene
  • Voice therapy theories and approaches (e.g., resonant voice therapy, laryngeal massage)
  • Therapy exercises/tasks (physical exercises, respiration/airflow, phonation, resonance, and more)
 
Copy or print the activity pages provided via online access, including:
  • Voice, respiration, and resonance exercise sheets
  • Evaluation tools
  • Voice handicap index
  • Example treatment plans
  • Sample protocols
  • Consent forms
  • Patient questionnaire
  • Educational handouts

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