Voice Disorders Workbook, Second Edition - Softcover

Christine Sapienza; Bari Hoffman Ruddy

9781597564991: Voice Disorders Workbook, Second Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1597564990 ISBN 13: 9781597564991

Publisher: Plural Publishing Inc., 2012

This workbook is an excellent supplement to the Sapienza and Ruddy textbook Voice Disorders, Second Edition, allowing students to review chapter material and quiz themselves in an efficient manner. Closely linked to the textbook content, the workbook covers all ten chapters and serves as each student's companion text and teaching aid for their graduate voice class.

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About the Author:

Christine Sapienza, Ph.D., is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. She also is a research career health scientist at the Malcom Randall VA in Gainesville, Florida, with the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center.

Dr. Sapienza received her Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1993 in speech and voice science, and her current research interests are disordered voice production, treatment of neuromotor disorders, defining outcomes of strength training paradigms, and integrating basic physiological techniques to study rehabilitation strategies.

Her most recent work focuses on the use of strength training paradigms in multiple populations, including Parkinson s disease, voice disorders, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis. She maintains an active research laboratory with four current Ph.D. students. She has several active grants, including an NIH/NCMMR R21 and a VA Merit Review. She has over 100 publications and 150 lectures, presentations, and workshops to date.

Dr. Hoffman Ruddy is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Central Florida, Orlando. She also serves as the Director of the Voice Care Center at the Ear Nose & Throat Surgical Associates, Orlando, Florida, and has worked clinically in this center for over twelve years. Hoffman Ruddy received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2001. Her clinical work and research focus on the physiologic study of voice production in pediatric, professional, and neurogenic populations.

Her current research interests involve the application of computer simulation training of voice therapy with children and adults, as well as 3D computer modeling of upper and lower airway function in patients with malignant lesions. She actively publishes and lectures in these clinical areas.

Review:

This is an exceptionally informative book.... An excellent resource of current information on the assessment and management of patients with dysphonia... A must read for graduate students in speech-language pathology. [Refers to First Edition] --Bernard Rousseau, PhD, CCC-SLP (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine), Doody's Review Service, (2009)

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