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.
Dr Kiyoshi Makiyama,
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
Dr Shigeru Hirano,
Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan