Diagnosis and Treatment of Voice Disorders

Dr. Rubin, MD, FACS, FRCS, is a Consultant Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon at The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital Division of The Royal Free NHS Trust, where he is the Lead Clinician of the Voice Disorders Unit as well as its Clinical Director. He is also a Consultant ENT Surgeon at St. Bartholomews Hospital, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London. Robert T. Sataloff, MD, DMA, FACS is Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Academic Specialties, Drexel University College of Medicine. He is also Adjunct Professor in the departments of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University; and on the faculty of the Academy of Vocal Arts. Dr. Sataloff is also a professional singer and singing teacher, and he served as Conductor of the Thomas Jefferson University Choir over a period of nearly four decades. He holds an undergraduate degree from Haverford College in Music Theory and Composition, graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, received a Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance from Combs College of Music; and he completed his Residency in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and a Fellowship in Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery at the University of Michigan. Dr. Sataloff is Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the Voice Foundation and of the American Institute for Voice and Ear Research. He has also served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of Graduate Hospital; President of the American Laryngological Association, the International Association of Phonosurgery, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery; and in numerous other leadership positions. Dr. Sataloff is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Voice, Editor-in-Chief of Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, Associate Editor of the Journal of Singing, and on the editorial boards of numerous otolaryngology journals. He has written over 1,000 publications, including 42 books. His medical practice is limited to care of the professional voice and to otology/neurotology/skull base surgery. Dr. Korovin has a private practice in otolaryngology, with a subspecialty in voice in New York City. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology at New York University School of Medicine and serves as a consultant for Ames Vocal Dynamics Laboratory at Lenox Hill Hospital. She is also an Adjunct Faculty Member for the Masters of Fine Arts Program at the New School of Social Research. Dr. Korovin serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Voice and on the Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board of the Voice Foundation.

"Diagnosis and Treatment of Voice Disorders is an extensive and in-depth resource on understanding, assessing, and managing voice disorders. The fourth edition arrives nearly a decade after the third edition (2005) with 10 new chapters...The new edition also comes with updates and expansions on prior contents to account for the new developments in a rapidly developing field...The book is well organized, comprehensive, and easy-to-read, making it an excellent primary resource for all professionals involved in voice care.The diagrams, illustrations, and photographs complement the text and enhance the reader's retention and understanding. As each chapter is fortified with current literature, evidence-based information, and an extensive reference list, the text will prove to be a versatile and a practical resource. Overall, Diagnosis and Treatment of Voice Disorders will be a great accompaniment to general otolaryngologist, laryngologist, speech-language pathologist, singing pedagogues, basic scientists, and other individuals with interest in the voice." --Mi Jin Yoo, MD, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology (March 2015); "Ten years after the third edition, this has been expanded to 58 chapters and it weighs a ton. I always judge the quality of updating by checking the chapter references' year of publication. There is a great little chapter on Research in Laryngology which stands this test well. The final chapter on Telemedicine speaks for itself as topical! There are high quality illustrations throughout, as you would expect from laryngology practice. Jean Abitbol's chapter on 3D CT of the larynx shows the most remarkable colour images; a chapter on Videography and Photography of the larynx makes me wonder at what we used to achieve with 35 mm slide film, but also how things move on. Clearly UK surgeons can take the odd snap, to judge by the work of Sandhu and Howard on Laryngotracheal Stenosis . Look at their figure 48-2 as the cleverest way to size a stenosed larynx (something no human eye can possibly do, unaided. Remember the square of the radius rule, for cross sectional area.) Frankly you might miss this book and think it is solely for the small minority who make phonosurgery their life work. For the experts this remains a standard text, but it is an invaluable update for final exit exams and for anyone working in general ORL clinical practice." --Liam Flood, FRCS, FRCSI, The Journal of Laryngology and Otology (September 2014) "This edition has 58 chapters (compared to 48 in the third edition) subdivided into basic science, clinical assessment, and management. Some chapters are classics, such as the one on embryology and microanatomy. Other chapters have been extensively rewritten or newly added to include advances in the field. These chapters add greatly to the comprehensiveness of the book and provide inspiration. Particularly interesting are reports on cutting-edge treatments including reinveration and laryngeal replacement and reconstruction. The book has high quality color photographs and diagrams as well as a list of references at the end of every chapter to help direct further reading. This is an update of a seminal book in the field of voice disorders. This expanded edition includes recent advances in the field due to both genomics research and materials engineering. It also incorporates new trends in clinical management, such as office-based phonosurgery and transnasal esophagoscopy. The new information justifies replacing the previous edition." -- Elisabeth Ference, MD/MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Doody's Review (8/29/14)

• Contents Preface Contributors UNIT 1: BASIC SCIENCE 1. Formation of the Larynx: From Hox Genes to Critical Periods Jeffrey T. Laitman, Drew M. Noden, Thomas R. Van De Water 2. Laryngeal Development David H. Henick 3. Anatomy of the Human Larynx Clarence T. Sasaki, Nwanmegha Young, Hiroumi Matsuzaki, Boris Paskhover 4. Functional Fine Structures of the Human Vocal Fold Mucosa Kiminori Sato 5. Microanatomy of the Vocal Fold Musculature Ira Sanders 6. Vocal Fold Extracellular Matrix and Wound Healing Marie E. Jette , Susan Thibeault 7. Benign Vocal Fold Pathology Through the Eyes of the Laryngologist John S Rubin, Eiji Yanagisawa 8. Laryngeal Function During Phonation Ronald C. Scherer 9. Laryngeal Neurophysiology Christy L. Ludlow 10. The Neurology of Stuttering Rebecca Spain, Steven Mandel, Savita Kumari, Robert T. Sataloff 11. Toward a Dynamical Diagnosis of Vocal Function Ronald J Baken, Robert F Orlikoff 12. Research in Laryngology Gayle E. Woodson UNIT 2: CLINICAL ASSESSMENT 13. Patient History Robert T. Sataloff 14. Physical Examination Robert T. Sataloff 15. Evaluation of Laryngeal Biomechanics by Transnasal Flexible Laryngoscopy Jamie A Koufman 16. Transnasal Esophagoscopy Nancy Solowski, Greg Postma 17. Introduction to the Laboratory Diagnosis of Vocal Disorders Gwen S. Korovin , John S. Rubin, Owain R Hughes 18. Measuring Vocal Fold Function Raymond H. Colton, Peak Woo 19. Laryngeal Electromyography Elizabeth Guardiani, Babak Sadoughi, Lucian Sulica, Tanya Meyer, Andrew Blitzer 20. Videography and Photography of the Larynx Eiji Yanagisawa, Ken Yanagisawa, H. Steven Sims 21. 3D Laryngeal CT Scan for Voice Disorders: Virtual Endoscopy - Virtual Dissection Jean Abitbol, Albert Castro, Rodolphe Gombergh, Patrick Abitbol 22. The Evaluation of Voice Outcomes and Quality of Life Michael S. Benninger, Glendon M. Gardner 23. Voice Impairment, Disability, Handicap, and Medical/Legal Evaluation Robert T. Sataloff UNIT 3: MANAGEMENT 24. Commo