VIP: Voice Impact Profile

ISBN-13: 9780863885273 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 74 str.

Opis

Examines the potential impact of a number of specific factors on the voice: general health; vocal history; vocal health; voice care; vocal status; voice genogram; anxiety and stress; social functioning; vocal demand; and environmental factors, and offers an overview of the theory to support this choice.

Spis treści

Part One: Guidance for Users: Introduction; Using the profile; Description of the questionnaire sections; Worked examples; Part Two: Photocopy masters; Part Three: Bibliography.

O autorze

Stephanie Martin is a Speech Language Therapist whose career has combined clinical practice and research as well as lecturing at both undergraduate and post-graduate level. Her professional focus of interest is occupational voice disorders and her doctoral research explored factors that impact vocal performance and vocal effectiveness of newly qualified teachers and lecturers. Stephanie is a Council member and President Elect of the British Voice Association's newsletter. Among her publications are 'The Voice Sourcebook' (with Lyn Darnley, Speechmark, 1992 and with Myra Lockhart, 'Working with Voice Disorders', Speechmark, 2000. Myra Lockhart is a Speech Language Therapy Manager, an expert practitioner in clinical voice disorders and head and neck disorders and has been an advisor to the Royal College of Speech Language Therapists for many years. She has published and presented papers on voice intervention, the use of objective assessment and clinical effectiveness and has a special interest in the occupational voice. Myra is currently involved in ENT Service Redesign in Scotland. With Stephanie Martin, Myra is the co-author of 'Working with Voice Disorders', Speechmark, 2000.