Voice Disorders

The Most Comprehensive Educational Print and Online Resource on Voice Disorders for SLPs!

With Voice Disorders, Third Edition, authors Christine Sapienza, PhD and Bari Hoffman Ruddy, PhD have created a comprehensive package for learning. The textbook has been extensively updated with clinical information and the book now comes with a robust online companion website including the full study workbook, videos, audio files, and case studies.

The textbook and website offer an ideal balance of voice science with voice treatments, examining traditional interventions as well as recent advances in cellular therapies, muscle strength training, and treatments for special populations such as singers and actors and those with complex medical conditions. The Third Edition expands the approaches to voice therapy and better defines clinical decision making with information about humanistic communication strategies, adherence, and the variables that influence patient outcomes. The authors have categorized therapy approaches in terms of type, such as symptomatic, combined modality, and hygienic. For each approach, they describe specific treatment methods, case examples, and expected outcomes.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• Two new chapters on the topics of the Immune System and the Laryngeal Reflexes
• Reorganized for a greater flow of information and reader response to content, with revisions to every chapter.
• Current research and demographic statistics updated for voice uses with updated references, weblinks, and glossary.
• A thoroughly updated chapter on Voice Therapy techniques, expanded to include description of therapy approaches and instructions to use with the patient, and more detail on humanistic communication, cultural diversity, and adherence.
• Additional patient case examples throughout the Vocal Pathology and Voice Therapy chapters.
• The Performers chapter is enhanced with detailed cases and strategies to promote singers health, along with sample exercises to try when treating injured singing voices.
• Updated information regarding head and neck cancer statistics, clinical pathways and treatment outcomes, with comprehensive case studies included.

NEW COMPANION WEBSITE!

The textbook now includes access to a PluralPlus companion website that includes a workbook, exercises, study questions, video examples, laryngeal pathology with audio samples, lecture slides, and an image bank.

*NOTE:* This book comes with supplementary content on a PluralPlus companion website. If you purchase or rent a used copy of the printed book, the code to access the website printed inside the book may have been previously redeemed/used or be incorrect and you will not be able to use it. To guarantee access to the website, it is recommended you purchase a new copy of this book directly from Amazon or the publisher, Plural Publishing.

Christine Sapienza, PhD, CCC-SLP, has served as the dean of the Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences at Jacksonville University since May 2014. Previously, Dr. Sapienza was a long-standing tenured professor and chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Florida, as well as a research career scientist at the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center at the Malcom Randall Veterans Administration Hospital. As a principal investigator of the National Institutes of Health, VA Research Rehabilitation Research and Development Awards and MJ Fox Foundation grants, Dr. Sapienza has provided extensive mentoring to sixteen doctoral students, one career development awardee, and several theses for master and undergraduate students, all of whom have contributed back to academic employment, science, teaching, and clinical service. She has built a strong national and international reputation for expertise in the design and implementation of larger-scale randomized clinical trials examining treatments and protective disorders, as well as the careful reporting of peer-reviewed outcomes from these studies.

Bari Hoffman Ruddy, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, and serves as research partner to the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute and director of the Center for Voice Care and Swallowing Disorders at the Ear Nose Throat and Plastic Surgery Associates, Orlando, Florida. She has worked clinically in this setting for more than fifteen years treating individuals with upper airway, aerodigestive, and laryngeal disorders in head and neck cancer and neurogenic populations. Dr. Hoffman Ruddy received her doctorate from the University of Florida in 2001. Her current research involves studying novel treatments and biomechanical mechanisms with head and neck cancer while defining the high impact on quality of life factors.