Overview
Presents the entire range of behavioral, medical, and surgical voice treatment options from the perspective of a variety of specialist practitioners. Contributors include surgeons, speech pathologists, physical therapists, osteopaths, nurses, singing teachers, and more. Every conceivable approach is presented here in a detailed, authoritative style, with generous illustrations throughout.Synopsis
Presents the entire range of behavioral, medical, and surgical voice treatment options from the perspective of a variety of specialist practitioners. Contributors include surgeons, speech pathologists, physical therapists, osteopaths, nurses, singing teachers, and more. Every conceivable approach is presented here in a detailed, authoritative style, with generous illustrations throughout.
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Reviewer:Mary Elizabeth Moody, MA, CCC-SLP(George Washington University)
Description:This book addresses the issues of treating voice disorders from a multidisciplinary perspective, including all possible professional specializations involved in the treatment, and including many approaches to the various disorders of voice.
Purpose:Dr. Sataloff notes that this book was prepared to make relevant information available to students in a convenient and affordable form, suitable for classroom use as well as for reference. These are very worthy objectives. I do not hear the notes of Dr. Sataloff's voice as clearly in this book as I did in "Clinical Assessment". However, I cannot speak for Dr. Sataloff as to whether the book met his objectives.
Audience:Dr. Sataloff notes that the book is intended for students and any other practitioners involved in voice treatment. I felt that in trying to present a broad overview, depth was lost. I do not see the applicability to grad students in Speech Path as clearly as I saw applicability of "Clinical Assessment".
Features:The book covers multiple aspects of treatment for myriad voice disorders. Behavior intervention, surgical intervention, physical intervention, life-style changes, relevance to singing and acting--all are discussed. I very much liked the chapter on medications and voice (16). As a quick reference, it will prove invaluable. The chapters on surgery were extremely thorough; too thorough for the grad courses, but again excellent current references. The appendixes were excellent in both books. However, I found the treatment of gender reassignment much too brief. And the chapter on laryngeal manipulation much too long for such a controversial approach. I am befuddled by the chapter on "Voice Therapy" - it is at once limitedly thorough in presenting many strategies, and at the same time confusing as to the sequence of intervention. It should be noted that tension in the musculo-skeletal system is not always associated with life stress; it is often the response to a system which is not functional: a physiologic attempt to provide phonation which over time becomes inbred. I agree with Dr. Sataloff's assessment of tension sites in "Clinical Assessment": I feel that these are recurrently present and need to be addressed even in cases of paresis and paralysis. I found the historical overview personally fascinating, as well as the chapters on singing and acting; but again question the usefulness in a grad program: probably 1 in a 100 of my students go on to work with singers or actors. Overall, for my personal reference, I enjoyed the book. For students: I think we would be better served by dividing the subjects covered by discipline and population addressed. Dr. Sataloff: I would like to hear more in your voice. "Clinical Assessment" reads like a symphony; I had trouble finding the legato in "Treatment".
Assessment:Of course, there is nothing else like this book currently out there. For that reason alone, it is a significant contribution. Personally, because in my private practice I work with singers and actors, there was much in this book that I loved. It is an excellent reference. However: the various subjects were not treated equally; and I felt that some received more discussion than appropriate to the topic and the stated purpose of the book, i.e.: Laryngeal Manipulation. As always, however, I have gained from Dr. Sataloff's offering, and am grateful for having had the opportunity to read and review this significant work."
Editorials
From The Critics
Reviewer: Mary Elizabeth Moody, MA, CCC-SLP(George Washington University)Description: This book addresses the issues of treating voice disorders from a multidisciplinary perspective, including all possible professional specializations involved in the treatment, and including many approaches to the various disorders of voice.
Purpose: "Dr. Sataloff notes that this book was prepared to make relevant information available to students in a convenient and affordable form, suitable for classroom use as well as for reference. These are very worthy objectives. I do not hear the notes of Dr. Sataloff's voice as clearly in this book as I did in "Clinical Assessment". However, I cannot speak for Dr. Sataloff as to whether the book met his objectives."
Audience: "Dr. Sataloff notes that the book is intended for students and any other practitioners involved in voice treatment. I felt that in trying to present a broad overview, depth was lost. I do not see the applicability to grad students in Speech Path as clearly as I saw applicability of "Clinical Assessment"."
Features: "The book covers multiple aspects of treatment for myriad voice disorders. Behavior intervention, surgical intervention, physical intervention, life-style changes, relevance to singing and acting—all are discussed. I very much liked the chapter on medications and voice (16). As a quick reference, it will prove invaluable. The chapters on surgery were extremely thorough; too thorough for the grad courses, but again excellent current references. The appendixes were excellent in both books. However, I found the treatment of gender reassignment much too brief. And the chapter on laryngeal manipulation much too long for such a controversial approach. I am befuddled by the chapter on "Voice Therapy" - it is at once limitedly thorough in presenting many strategies, and at the same time confusing as to the sequence of intervention. It should be noted that tension in the musculo-skeletal system is not always associated with life stress; it is often the response to a system which is not functional: a physiologic attempt to provide phonation which over time becomes inbred. I agree with Dr. Sataloff's assessment of tension sites in "Clinical Assessment": I feel that these are recurrently present and need to be addressed even in cases of paresis and paralysis. I found the historical overview personally fascinating, as well as the chapters on singing and acting; but again question the usefulness in a grad program: probably 1 in a 100 of my students go on to work with singers or actors. Overall, for my personal reference, I enjoyed the book. For students: I think we would be better served by dividing the subjects covered by discipline and population addressed. Dr. Sataloff: I would like to hear more in your voice. "Clinical Assessment" reads like a symphony; I had trouble finding the legato in "Treatment"."
Assessment: "Of course, there is nothing else like this book currently out there. For that reason alone, it is a significant contribution. Personally, because in my private practice I work with singers and actors, there was much in this book that I loved. It is an excellent reference. However: the various subjects were not treated equally; and I felt that some received more discussion than appropriate to the topic and the stated purpose of the book, i.e.: Laryngeal Manipulation. As always, however, I have gained from Dr. Sataloff's offering, and am grateful for having had the opportunity to read and review this significant work."