This volume provides an eloquent review of the anatomy and physiology of phonation, the work-up of patients with voice disorders, basic evaluation of wind instrument performance and dysfunction, and a full description of the most common skeletal and non-skeletal dentofacial anomalies, including their means of diagnosis and treatment. This is followed by a comprehensive review of literature on the vocal and acoustic features of affected patients, as well as the special considerations in wind instrumentalists. The effect of orthodontic therapy/ orthognathic surgery on voice, associated upper airway changes, and wind instruments performance is emphasized. The information provided in this book will heighten the patients', therapists', teachers' and physicians' awareness of the vocal characteristics and wind instrumentalists concerns often associated with these conditions.

Dentofacial Anomalies: Implications for Voice and Wind Instrument Performance is addressed to otolaryngologists, laryngologists, speech-language pathologists, voice teachers, professional voice users, wind instrumentalists, instrument teachers, arts medicine physicians, physical therapists, orthodontists and other dentists, as well as members of the general public who are concerned about their voices and or wind instrument playing.

Abdul-latif Hamdan, MD, EMBA, MPH, FACS

Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Head, Division of Laryngology

American University of Beirut Medical Center

Phone: 01350000

Robert Thayer Sataloff, MD, DMA, FACS

Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Academic Specialties

Director of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences Research, Lankenau Institute of Medical Research

219 N. Broad Street, 10th Floor

Philadelphia, PA

Email: rtsataloff@phillyent.com

Valerie Trollinger, MM, DME

Professor of Music, Kutztown University

Adjunct Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Drexel University College of Medicine

Email: vtrollin@earthlink.net

Mary J. Hawkshaw, BSN, RN, CORLN, FCPP

Research Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Drexel University College of Medicine

219 N. Broad Street, 10th Floor

USA