BookPhilip A. Weissbrod, David O. Francis, editors.
Summary: This comprehensive text summarizes what is known about the myriad of different neurological conditions that cause dysfunction of communication, swallowing, and breathing as it relates to the upper aerodigestive tract. It serves to provide clinicians and scientists, at all levels of experience, a practical and thorough review of these diseases, their management, and frontiers in science. Chapters are written by experts in these conditions from a broad spectrum of medical specialties in order to create a book that is inclusive of diagnostic and therapeutic considerations that clinicians should think about when caring for patients with these conditions. Neurologic and Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Larynx will be an instrumental resource in guiding clinicians to better recognize the subtle and not so subtle voice, swallowing, and airway manifestations of these diseases, and improve management of patient symptoms and concerns in order to maximize both quality of life and longevity. It will aide otolaryngologists, laryngologists, neurologists, speech language pathologists, and other allied health care professionals in developing a more efficient, evidence-based, patient-focused, and multi-specialty approach to managing these complex and challenging patients.
Contents:
Part I: Evaluations
Anatomy from the Inside Out
Laryngeal Physiology
Neuroanatomy of Voice and Swallowing
The Complete Neurologic Exam
Evaluation of Neurogenic Voice Disorders
Evaluation of Speech
Evaluation of Swallow
High-Resolution manometry
Evaluation of the Pulmonary System
Electomyography of the Larynx
Part II: Neurologic Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Motor Neuron Disease
Parkinson Disease
Parkinson-Plus Syndromes
Multiple Sclerosis
Alzheimer Disease
Laryngeal Dystonia
Essential Tremor
Cerebrovascular Accident
Iatrogenic Injury
Congential Neurologic Disease
Neurogenic Cough
Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction/Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion
Part III Intervention
A Person-Centered Approach to Breaking Bad News
Treatment of the Velum
Laryngeal and Extralaryngeal Botulinum Toxin Injections
Saliva Management
Management of Glottic Incompetency
Laryngeal Diversion Procedures
Deep Brain and Vagal Nerve Stimulation
Laryngeal Reinnervation
Management of the Cricopharyngeus
Voice Therapy
Swallow Therapy
Augmentative and Alternative Communication.