Handbook of Voice Assessments

"Ma and Yiu's Handbook for Voice Assessments is a handbook par excellence, certainly destined to be a landmark in the field of voice disorders. It is a concise volume that puts valuable information in the hands of readers. The contributions by experts from around the world provide a coverage of voice assessments that is extraordinary in its range and precise in its delivery." --From the Foreword by Ray D. Kent, PhD. Handbook of Voice Assessments embraces current best practice and the latest research on the assessment of voice by leading international clinicians and scholars in the professions. Each chapter focuses on one area of voice assessment and starts with a succinct list of the purposes of the assessment. Next, the procedure is described in an easy-to-understand and systematic format. Finally, guidelines on how to analyze the voice samples and interpret results are included. Special features of the book include: Theoretical background is restricted to a simple paragraph. Detailed instructions for each voice assessment are provided, allowing the clinician to immediately implement the assessment with patients. All chapters are consistent in format and terminology.Each chapter begins with the purpose of the assessment, followed by the description of procedures. The book is written in a lucid and straightforward manner, to be understood readily by student speech-language pathologists and laryngologists with a variety of backgrounds and levels of expertise. Each assessment method is illustrated by a case study that accompanies each chapter. Handbook of Voice Assessments maximizes students' and clinicians' competence, knowledge, and effectiveness. This text is a necessary and invaluable sourcebook for every undergraduate student, graduate student, and clinician in his/her early career.