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Category : Speech disorders
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Folia Phoniatrica
Author: Folia Phoniatrica Et Logopaedica
Author: The Oxford Handbook of Singing
Author: Graham F. WelchPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192576070
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
Book Description
Singing has been a characteristic behaviour of humanity across several millennia. Chorus America (2009) estimated that 42.6 million adults and children regularly sing in one of 270,000 choruses in the US, representing more than 1:5 households. Similarly, recent European-based data suggest that more than 37 million adults take part in group singing. The Oxford Handbook of Singing is a landmark text on this topic. It is a comprehensive resource for anyone who wishes to know more about the pluralistic nature of singing. In part, the narrative adopts a lifespan approach, pre-cradle to senescence, to illustrate that singing is a commonplace behaviour which is an essential characteristic of our humanity. In the overall design of the Handbook, the chapter contents have been clustered into eight main sections, embracing fifty-three chapters by seventy-two authors, drawn from across the world, with each chapter illustrating and illuminating a particular aspect of singing. Offering a multi-disciplinary perspective embracing the arts and humanities, physical, social and clinical sciences, the book will be valuable for a broad audience within those fields.
Voice Quality
Author: John LaverPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027209960
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The characteristic voice quality of a speaker conveys to listeners a wealth of information about his physical, psychological and social attributes. For this reason, voice quality is of interest to a wide range of disciplines, including linguistics, phonetics and speech science, speech pathology, sociology, psychology, medicine, and communication engineering. Literature on voice quality is, consequently, scattered through a correspondingly wide range of publications. While this bibliography is unlikely to be exhaustive, it aims to be comprehensive. Exceptions to this are purely medical literature and literature on speech pathology; also, although a number of different languages are represented, works in English received the principal coverage.
Proceedings of the Conference on the Assessment of Vocal Pathology
Author: Christy L. LudlowPublisher:
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Category : Speech disorders
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Motor Speech Disorders
Author: Nick MillerPublisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1783092343
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Motor speech disorders are a common accompaniment of a whole range of neurological conditions, from stroke, brain injury and Parkinson’s disease through to many rarer conditions. This book aims to aid understanding of the nature of motor speech disorders from a cross-language perspective, in contrast to the largely English-centric nature of research and practice recommendations to date. The book looks not just at how these motor speech disorders are assessed and treated in other countries, but also examines how underlying speech impairments differ according to the language someone speaks. The book studies the underlying neurological, neurophysiological and neurophonetic characteristics of motor speech disorders in different language contexts, and discusses the implications these have for clinical rehabilitation. This significantly adds to debates around the theoretical understanding and clinical management of motor speech disorders.
Therapeutic Voicework
Author: Paul NewhamPublisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 9781853023613
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Based on Paul Newham's experience as a voice therapist and on his work running a professional training course in the psychotherapeutic use of singing, this text explores both the theory and practice behind the use of voice and singing in expressive arts therapy.
The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice
Author: Barbara DoscherPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810827085
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Describes the anatomy and physiology of breathing and phonation and examines the acoustical laws necessary for an understanding of resonation. Extensive bibliography.
Understanding Voice Problems
Author: Janina K. CasperPublisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN: 9780781742399
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Now in its 3rd edition, this book emphasizes the physiological perspective of voice disorders & the behavioral & emotional factors that can influence these changes. Coverage includes in-depth explorations of patient-interviewing, history-taking, examination & testing.
Bel Canto
Author: James StarkPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442690925
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In this well documented and highly readable book, James Stark provides a history of vocal pedagogy from the beginning of the bel canto tradition of solo singing in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries to the present. Using a nineteenth-century treatise by Manuel Garcia as his point of reference, Stark analyses the many sources that discuss singing techniques and selects a number of primary vocal 'problems' for detailed investigation. He also presents data from a series of laboratory experiments carried out to demonstrate the techniques of bel canto. The discussion deals extensively with such topics as the emergence of virtuoso singing, the castrato phenomenon, national differences in singing styles, controversies regarding the perennial decline in the art of singing, and the so-called secrets of bel canto. Stark offers a new definition of bel canto which reconciles historical and scientific descriptions of good singing. His is a refreshing and profound discussion of issues important to all singers and voice teachers.