Working With Voice Disorders

Stephanie Martin & Myra Lockhart
Foreword by Dr Robert E Hillman

An essential resource for clinicians of varying levels of experience from student to specialist, this book provides practical insights and direction in all aspects of managing your client's voice disorder.

● Provides a sound theoretical framework to this specialism and also offers a rich variety of practical resource material - the result of the authors' wide experience accumulated over many years in the field of voice therapy.

● Contains ideas for setting up treatment groups, together with case studies and suggestions on how to evaluate therapy and measure outcomes.

● The multi-dimensional structure of this manual allows the clinician to look at both the specific aspects of patient management as well as the issues of clinical effectiveness, clinical governance and service management.

● Its pragmatic approach, wealth of photocopiable material and clinician-friendly patient-centred approach makes this an essential resource for every clinician.

Contents: Anatomy overview; Non-organic disorders; Organic disorders; The case history; Assessment; Treatment strategies; Management strategies; Service management; Appendices.

Readership Speech & language therapists and speech & language therapy students.