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Now with videos!
The sixth edition of Voice Therapy: Clinical Case Studies continues to offer a comprehensive approach to voice therapy, focusing on management strategies derived from real-world clinical cases. Authored by leading voice clinicians, the cases now feature an updated format that integrates comprehensive voice evaluations, detailed treatment plans with long- and short-term goals, and new decision-making sections to guide therapeutic choices. New to this edition, videos by master clinicians enhance practical learning through visual demonstrations. The new chapters, videos, and evidence-based cases are well-suited for classroom instruction. Both novice and seasoned clinicians alike will discover invaluable insights for managing even the most challenging voice and upper airway cases.
Key Updates in the Sixth Edition
Expanded Content:
Three new chapters addressing:
The comprehensive voice evaluation
Clinical decision-making
Gender affirming voice care
Over 25 new clinical case studies offering in-depth exploration of voice and upper airway interventions.
37 video demonstrations that provide practical examples of a range of voice therapy techniques. Find the full list here
Enhanced Structure:
Chapters reorganized by disorder category to facilitate seamless navigation, allowing clinicians to easily locate relevant information.
Revised chapter introductions clarify key concepts and set the stage for deeper learning.
Detailed Interventions:
Each case now offers greater detail on therapeutic interventions, helping readers follow treatment progress step-by-step.
New Co-Editor:
Lauren Timmons Sund, BM, MS, CCC-SLP
Additional Features
In addition to the clinical cases and videos, this text offers:
The voice evaluation in documentation format.
Each case includes a dedicated decision-making section, aiding clinicians in creating personalized treatment plans.
Cases highlight both in-person and telehealth service delivery models, reflecting current clinical practices.
"Call-Out" Boxes spotlight critical topics and provide supplementary information to deepen understanding.
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Contents
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
A Tribute to Prior Contributors
Video Contents
Chapter 1. The Voice and Upper Airway Evaluation
Edie R. Hapner and Lauren Timmons Sund
A Brief History of the Voice and Upper Airway Evaluation
Models of Care
The Importance of an Accurate Laryngeal Diagnosis
Who Is Responsible?
Laryngeal Diagnosis Informs Treatment Decisions
Components of the Voice and Upper Airway Evaluation
The Physician's Medical Examination
The Speech-Language Pathologist's Assessment
The Case History
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs or PRO measures)
Auditory-Perceptual Assessment
Visual-Perceptual Assessment
Cranial Nerve Examination
Motor Speech Assessment
Manual Assessment
Instrumental Assessment
Laryngeal Imaging
Acoustic Assessment
Aerodynamic Assessment
Stimulability
Documentation
Conclusions
References
Chapter 2. From Evaluation to Intervention: Decision Making in Voice Therapy
Edie R. Hapner and Lauren Timmons Sund
Is Voice Therapy an Appropriate Treatment for the Presenting Problem?
Is the Person a Good Candidate for Therapy?
Options for Care: Where Does Voice Therapy Fit?
Are You the "Right" Clinician?
Treatment Option Summaries by Disorder: Selected Examples
Treatment Options for Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD)
Treatments Options for Vocal Fold Motion Impairments
Treatments Options for Laryngeal Dystonia and Voice Tremor
Decision Making in Therapy Planning: What Therapy to Use?
Recalibration Strategies
Exuberant Strategies
Indirect and Augmentative Strategies
Decision Making in Voice Therapy Planning: How Much, How Long, and How Intense?
Putting It All Together in Decision Making: The Silent Factors
Conclusions
References
Chapter 3. Phonotrauma
Introduction
Ryan C. Branski
Case Studies
Case Study 3.1: Conversation Training Therapy (CTT) to Treat an Adult With Benign Midmembranous Lesions
Jackie L. Gartner-Schmidt and Amanda I. Gillespie
Case Study 3.2: Treating a Child With Dysphonia Using Concepts From "Adventures in Voice"
Rita Hersan
Case Study 3.3: Multimodality Voice Therapy to Treat an Adult Female Opera Singer With a Vocal Fold Pseudocyst
Christine Murphy Estes
Case Study 3.4: Perioperative Therapeutic Care for an Adult With a Vocal Fold Cyst
Austin Collum and Megan Lee
Case Study 3.5: Multidisciplinary Treatment for an Adult With Vocal Process Granulomas After TBI
Heather Starmer
Case Study 3.6: Vocal Function Exercises to Treat an Adult With Undifferentiated Phonotrauma
Joseph C. Stemple
Case Study 3.7: Lessac-Madsen Resonant Voice Therapy to Treat an Adult With Vocal Fold Nodules
Diana Marie Orbelo, Nicole Y. K. Li-Jessen, and Katherine Verdolini Abbott
References
Chapter 4. Muscle Tension Dysphonia
Introduction
Nelson Roy
Case Studies
Case Study 4.1: Manual Circumlaryngeal Techniques to Treat an Adult With Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia
Nelson Roy
Case Study 4.2: Boot Camp Voice Therapy for an Adult With Functional Dysphonia
Claudio F. Milstein and Michelle Adessa
Case Study 4.3: Flow Phonation to Treat a Teenager With Primary Muscle Tension Aphonia
Jackie L. Gartner-Schmidt
Case Study 4.4: Multimodality Voice Therapy for an Adult With Vocal Fatigue
Chaya Nanjundeswaran
Case Study 4.5: Intensive Voice Therapy for a Teenager With Mutational Falsetto (Puberphonia)
Lisa Fry
Case Study 4.6: Postsurgical Voice Therapy for a Child With Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis and Ventricular Phonation
Maia Nystrum Braden
Case Study 4.7: Interprofessional Assessment and Treatment for an Adult With Muscle Tension Dysphagia
Christina Kang Rosow
References
Chapter 5. Glottal Gaps
Introduction
Aaron Ziegler
Case Studies
Case Study 5.1: Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training to Augment Vocal Function Exercises in an Adult With Presbyphonia
Heather Bonilha and Maude Desjardins
Case Study 5.2: Phonation Resistance Training Exercises (PhoRTE (R)) to Treat an Adult With Presbyphonia
Aaron Ziegler and Edie R. Hapner
Case Study 5.3: Expiratory Muscle Strength Training and PhoRTE (R) to Treat an Adult With Presbyphonia
Adam Lloyd and Maria Murljacic
Case Study 5.4: Postoperative Voice Therapy to Treat an Adult With Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis
Maria Dietrich
Case Study 5.5: Interprofessional Treatment for an Adult With Unilateral Vocal Fold Paresis
Desi Gutierrez and Matthew Hoffman
Case Study 5.6: Multimodality Teletherapy for an Adult Avocational Singer With Unilateral Vocal Fold Paresis
Lauren Timmons Sund
Case Study 5.7: Interprofessional Treatment for an Adult With Sulcus Vocalis
Amanda I. Gillespie and Clark A. Rosen
References
Chapter 6. Movement Disorders Affecting the Voice: Laryngeal Dystonia, Vocal Tremor, and Parkinson's Disease
Introduction
Katherine L. Marks
Laryngeal Dystonia
Vocal Tremor
Parkinson's Disease
Case Studies
Case Study 6.1: Medical and Behavioral Management for an Adult With Laryngeal Dystonia-Adductor Type
Edie R. Hapner and Michael M. Johns III
Case Study 6.2: Voice Therapy Without Medical Management for an Adult With Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
Joseph C. Stemple
Case Study 6.3: Teletherapy Without Medical Management for an Adult With Abductor Laryngeal Dystonia and Vocal Tremor
Lauren Timmons Sund
Case Study 6.4: Reducing Voicing Duration to Treat an Adult With Vocal Tremor
Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer
Case Study 6.5: Multimodality Voice Therapy for an Adult Classical Singer With Vocal Tremor
Kristen Bond
Case Study 6.6: The SLP's Role in Deep Brain Stimulation for Vocal Tremor
Elizabeth DiRenzo
Case Study 6.7: Maintaining Gains from Voice Therapy Using the SpeechVive for an Adult With Parkinson's Disease
Jessica Huber
References
Chapter 7. Upper Airway
Introduction: Refractory Chronic Cough
Laurie Slovarp
Case Studies
Case Study 7.1: Behavioral Cough Suppression Therapy (BCST) for an Adult With Chronic Refractory Cough
Lisa Zughni
Case Study 7.2: Using the Chronic Cough Clinical Checklist With an Adult With Irritant-Induced Chronic Cough
Mariah Morton-Jones
Case Study 7.3: Behavioral Cough Suppression Therapy for an Adult With Underlying Respiratory Disease
Laurie Slovarp
Case Study 7.4: Interprofessional Use of SLN Injection and BCST for an Adult With Chronic Refractory Cough
Edie R. Hapner and C. Blake Simpson
Case Study 7.5: Interprofessional use of Neuromodulators and BCST for an Adult With Chronic Refractory Cough
Juliana Litts and Daniel Fink
Introduction: Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction (ILO)
Mary J. Sandage
Case Studies
Case Study 7.6: Long-Term Management of PVFM in an Adult Following an Environmental Fume Exposure
Carissa Maira
Case Study 7.7: Treating Irritable Larynx in an Adult Within the Framework of Central Sensitivity Syndrome
Linda Rammage
Case Study 7.8: Behavioral Management for Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction (EILO) in a Collegiate Swimmer
Mary J. Sandage
Case Study 7.9: EILOBI Techniques to Treat an Adolescent Nordic Skier With EILO
Emily A. Nauman
References
Chapter 8. Performance Voice
Introduction
Marina Gilman
Case Studies
Case 8.1: Multimodality Voice Therapy for an Adult Voice Actor/Singer With a Translucent Polypoid Lesion
M. Eugenia Castro and Megan Urbano
Case Study 8.2: Onsite Voice Therapy for an Adult Theater Actor With Vocal Injury During Preparation and Performance
Debra Phyland
Case Study 8.3: Myofascial Release for an Adult Touring Musical Theater Performer With Vocal Fatigue
Wendy LeBorgne
Case Study 8.4: Voice Recalibration With the Cup Bubble Technique for an Adult Country Singer With Chronic Phonotrauma
Jenny C. Muckala
Case Study 8.5: Timing Multimodality Voice Therapy to Treat an Adult Singer With a Vocal Fold Polyp and Mild Atrophy
Juliana Codino
Case Study 8.6: Perioperative Voice Therapy for an Adult Praise and Worship Leader With Phonotraumatic Lesions
Marina Gilman
Case Study 8.7: Perioperative Voice Therapy for a High School Music Teacher With a Vocal Fold Polyp
Maurice Goodwin
Case Study 8.8: Perioperative Management for an Adult Jazz Singer With a Vocal Fold Cyst
Sarah L. Schneider and Mark S. Courey
Case Study 8.9: Multimodality Voice Therapy for a Prepubescent Singer With Vocal Nodules
Patricia Doyle and Starr Cookman
References
Chapter 9. Gender Affirming Voice Care
Introduction
Sandy Hirsch
Case Studies
Case Study 9.1: Using Acoustic Assumptions in Gender Affirming Voice Care for an Adult Transgender Woman
Sandy Hirsch
Case Study 9.2: Pitch-Elevation Surgery and Perioperative Voice Care for an Adult Transgender Woman
Wynde Vastine and Katherine C. Yung
Case Study 9.3: Manual Therapy in Gender Affirming Voice Care for a Transmasculine Adult on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Daniel P. Buckley and Felicia A. Francois
Case Study 9.4: Developing a Gender Affirming Voice in a Nonbinary Adult
Desi Gutierrez
Case Study 9.5: Gender Affirming Voice Care for an Adolescent
AC Goldberg
Case Study 9.6: Gender Affirming Voice Care via Teletherapy for a Transmasculine Nonbinary Singer
Ruchi Kapila
References
Index
