The Performer's Voice.

Preface -- Contributors -- OVERVIEW -- Introduction -- Music and the Brain -- History of Professional Voice Care -- Anatomy of the Vocal Mechanism: Structure of the Voice -- Physiology of Voice Production: How Does the Voice Work? -- Normal Voice Maturation: Hormones and Age -- The Pediatric Voice -- The Aging Voice -- Artistic Vocal Styles and Techniques -- DIAGNOSTICS -- Case History, Interview, and Voice Handicap Assessment -- Examination of the Singer -- Aerodynamic and Acoustic Voice Measurements -- Perceptual Attributes and Assessment of the Singer's Voice -- Reflux and the Performer's Voice -- Acute Assessment of Professional Singers -- MEDICAL TREATMENTS -- Medications: The Positive and Negative Impact on Voice -- Complementary and Alternative Medications and Techniques -- Vocal Emergencies -- Medical Problems in Performers -- BEHAVIORAL TREATMENTS -- Training and Teaching the Singer -- Voice Therapy for Benign Vocal Fold Lesions and Scar in Singers and Actors -- The Alexander Technique and Other Strategies for Dealing With Vocal Tension -- Treatment of Injured Singers and Professional Speakers: The Singer/Actor, -- Performance Anxiety: Identification, Assessment, and Treatment -- WHEN SURGICAL TREATMENT IS NECESSARY -- Surgical Anatomy, Planning, and Consent -- Microlaryngoscopic Procedures and Operations -- Office-Based Procedures in Performers and Other Vocal Professionals -- Surgery (Nonlaryngeal) for the Professional Vocalist -- Postoperative Voice Care of the Singer -- BUILDING A PROFESSIONAL VOI CE PRACTICE -- The Professional Voice Practice -- Medical-Legal Implications of Professional Voice Care -- Vocal Hygiene -- Glossary -- Index -- 1 -- 2 -- Figure 2-1 -- 3 -- 4, -- 5 -- 6 -- 7.