Alison Behrman – författare

Exercises for Voice Therapy, Third Edition contains eighty-four exercises contributed from fifty-five clinicians to assist speech-language pathologists in developing treatments plans and session materials for clients-children and adults-with all types of voice disorders. The exercises provide step-by-step instruction of varied difficulty levels. Some are suitable for novice voice clinicians, whereas others require a greater depth of experience to be used most effectively. Similarly, voice clients will find some exercises more challenging than others. Each chapter focuses on a particular topic or parameter of the voice production system that may need to be addressed. The exercises can be used in a variety of ways, depending on the personal approach of each clinician and the needs of the individual client. Some of the exercises offer a basic framework for building an entire session, whereas others may fulfill a more specific need within a broader framework. Each exercise is presented in a consistent format for easy integration into speech-language pathologists' therapy sessions.New to the Third Edition:*17 new exercises with 8 new contributors (for a total of 84 exercises from 55 contributors).*A new chapter on Counseling in Voice Therapy, containing four new exercises from three new contributors who are experts in the field of counseling.*A new chapter on Adherence and Generalization, addressing two significant and common problems in voice therapy, including three new exercises and a new contributor.*An enhanced chapter on Pediatric Voice, including three new exercises and two new contributors.*A reorganized chapter on Breathing, divided into exercises that focus only on breathing and those that incorporate voice production, to help the clinician select the most appropriate exercises for a given client.*An expanded and reorganized chapter on Special Cases, with chapter sections specifically targeting transgender clients, paradoxical vocal fold motion, client voice problems arising from motor speech disorders, as well as other special populations.*A PluralPus companion website contains supplemental audiovisual material that pairs with 28 of the exercises. The recordings provide an aural model for those exercises that may be difficult to interpret from the written text alone.

Speech and Voice Science, Fourth Edition is the only textbook to provide comprehensive and detailed information on both voice source and vocal tract contributions to speech production. In addition, it is the only textbook to address dialectical and nonnative language differences in vowel and consonant production, bias in perception of speaker identity, and prosody (suprasegmental features) in detail. With the new edition, clinical application is integrated throughout the text.Due to its highly readable writing style is user-friendly for all levels of students, instructors report using this book for a wide variety of courses, including undergraduate and graduate courses in acoustic phonetics, speech science, instrumentation, and voice disorders. Heavily revised and updated, this fourth edition offers multiple new resources for instructors and students to enhance classroom learning and active student participation. At the same time, this text provides flexibility to allow instructors to construct a classroom learning experience that best suits their course objectives.Speech and Voice Science now has an accompanying workbook by Alison Behrman and Donald Finan!New to the Fourth Edition*Sixteen new illustrations and nineteen revised illustrations, many now in color*New coverage of topics related to diversity, including: Dialectical and nonnative language differences in vowel and consonant production and what makes all of us have an "accent" (Chapter 7 - Vowels and Chapter 8 - Consonants); Perception of speaker identity, including race/ethnicity, gender, and accent (Chapter 11- Speech Perception)*Increased focus on clinical application throughout each chapter, including three new sections*Updated Chapter 4 (Breathing) includes enhanced discussion of speech breathing and new accompanying illustrations.*Updated Chapter 10 (Theories of Speech Production) now includes the DIVA Model, motor learning theory, and clinical applications*Updated Chapter 11 (Speech Perception) now includes revised Motor Learning theory, Mirror Neurons, and clinical applications*Expanded guide for students on best practices for studying in Chapter 1(Introduction)Key Features:*A two-color interior to provide increased readability*Heavily illustrated, including color figures, to enhance information provided in the text*Each chapter includes study questions to help students focus on key concepts*Sidebars throughout the text provide a deeper dive into related topics*Forty-nine spectrogram figures provide increased clarity of key acoustic features of vowels and consonants*Fourteen clinical cases throughout the book to help students apply speech science principles to clinical practice

This popular resource, now in its second edition, fills a large gap in the clinical literature. The book now includes more than 70 therapeutic exercises by some of the world's leading voice therapists - including 25 new exercises - providing a greater assortment of exercises targeting a larger variety of voice disorders. These exercises, which vary in difficulty, are aimed at helping therapists develop treatment plans and session materials for clients with a wide array of voice disorders. All of the exercises follow the same format for easy integration into your therapy sessions: title, purpose, origin, overview, and then a detailed step-by-step explanation of the exercise, many of which are complemented by an audio demonstration on an accompanying audio CD.