Aging Voice

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Makiyama, Kiyoshi (Editor), Hirano, Shigeru (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Speech pathology.; Regenerative medicine.; Tissue engineering.; Medicine & Public Health.; Speech Pathology.; Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering.

This book discusses the aging voice, one of the interesting issues related to aging. Population aging is an issue in most developed countries, where both physicians and specialists are required to improve clinical and scientific practice for elderly adults. In particular, the need for expertise in t...

Table of Contents:

• Overview
• Histological changes in elderly vocal folds
• Age-related changes in human voice
• Evaluation of phonatory function for the elderly
• Clinical assessment of elderly vocal folds by laryngoscopy
• Quantitative analysis of High Speed Digital Imaging for the elderly
• Injection medicalization for physical improvement in atrophic vocal folds
• Voice therapy for the elderly
• Current topics of regenerative medicine
• Future prospects of generative medicine.