Beschreibung
This volume provides an eloquent review of the anatomy and physiology of phonation, the work-up of patients with voice disorders, basic evaluation of wind instrument performance and dysfunction, and a full description of the most common skeletal and non-skeletal dentofacial anomalies, including their means of diagnosis and treatment. This is followed by a comprehensive review of literature on the vocal and acoustic features of affected patients, as well as the special considerations in wind instrumentalists. The effect of orthodontic therapy/ orthognathic surgery on voice, associated upper airway changes, and wind instruments performance is emphasized. The information provided in this book will heighten the patients, therapists, teachers and physicians awareness of the vocal characteristics and wind instrumentalists concerns often associated with these conditions. Dentofacial Anomalies: Implications for Voice and Wind Instrument Performance is addressedto otolaryngologists, laryngologists, speech-language pathologists, voice teachers, professional voice users, wind instrumentalists, instrument teachers, arts medicine physicians, physical therapists, orthodontists and other dentists, as well as members of the general public who are concerned about their voices and or wind instrument playing.
Autorenporträt
Abdul-latif Hamdan, MD, EMBA, MPH, FACS Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Head, Division of Laryngology American University of Beirut Medical Center Phone: 01350000 Email: ah77@aub.edu.lb Robert Thayer Sataloff, MD, DMA, FACS Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Academic Specialties Drexel University College of Medicine Director of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences Research, Lankenau Institute of Medical Research 219 N. Broad Street, 10th Floor Philadelphia, PA Email: rtsataloff@phillyent.com Valerie Trollinger, MM, DME Professor of Music, Kutztown University Adjunct Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Drexel University College of Medicine Email: vtrollin@earthlink.net Mary J. Hawkshaw, BSN, RN, CORLN, FCPP Research Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Drexel University College of Medicine 219 N. Broad Street, 10th Floor Philadelphia, PA USA Email: maryhawkshaw@gmail.com
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