About the Book
This volume provides an eloquent review of the anatomy and physiology of phonation, the work-up of patients with voice disorders, basic evaluation of wind instrument performance and dysfunction, and a full description of the most common skeletal and non-skeletal dentofacial anomalies, including their means of diagnosis and treatment. This is followed by a comprehensive review of literature on the vocal and acoustic features of affected patients, as well as the special considerations in wind instrumentalists. The effect of orthodontic therapy/ orthognathic surgery on voice, associated upper airway changes, and wind instruments performance is emphasized. The information provided in this book will heighten the patients', therapists', teachers' and physicians' awareness of the vocal characteristics and wind instrumentalists concerns often associated with these conditions.
Dentofacial Anomalies: Implications for Voice and Wind Instrument Performance is addressed to otolaryngologists, laryngologists, speech-language pathologists, voice teachers, professional voice users, wind instrumentalists, instrument teachers, arts medicine physicians, physical therapists, orthodontists and other dentists, as well as members of the general public who are concerned about their voices and or wind instrument playing.
About the Author: Abdul-latif Hamdan, MD, EMBA, MPH, FACS
Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Head, Division of Laryngology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Phone: 01350000
Email: ah77@aub.edu.lb
Robert Thayer Sataloff, MD, DMA, FACS
Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Academic Specialties
Drexel University College of Medicine
Director of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences Research, Lankenau Institute of Medical Research
219 N. Broad Street, 10th Floor
Philadelphia, PA
Email: rtsataloff@phillyent.com
Valerie Trollinger, MM, DME
Professor of Music, Kutztown University
Adjunct Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Drexel University College of Medicine
Email: vtrollin@earthlink.net
Mary J. Hawkshaw, BSN, RN, CORLN, FCPP
Research Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Drexel University College of Medicine
219 N. Broad Street, 10th Floor
Philadelphia, PA
USA
Email: maryhawkshaw@gmail.com
