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Aging Voice

  • Provides new insights for voice therapy, including regenerative medicine

  • Covers a wide range of topics concerning vocal folds

  • Includes valuable contributions from respected experts

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Overview

    • Shigeru Hirano
    Pages 1-8
  3. Age-Related Changes in the Human Voice

    • Hideki Kasuya, Hajime Yoshida
    Pages 27-36
  4. Evaluation of Phonatory Function in the Elderly

    • Hiroumi Matsuzaki, Kiyoshi Makiyama
    Pages 37-43
  5. Collagen Injection for the Elderly with Dysphonia

    • Hiroumi Matsuzaki, Kiyoshi Makiyama
    Pages 67-74
  6. Voice Therapy for the Elderly

    • Mami Kaneko
    Pages 83-93
  7. Future Prospects

    • Shigeru Hirano, Shin-ichi Kanemaru
    Pages 109-115
  8. Erratum to: Age-Related Changes in the Human Voice

    • Hideki Kasuya, Hajime Yoshida
    Pages E1-E1

About this book

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 the diagnosis and treatment of aging voice pathologies is increasing continually.

New developments in regenerative medicine have taken care for the aging voice to new level, and the contributors to this book use their wealth of experience in the field of the aging voice to present the latest advances in this field.

This book is a unique resource, providing new perspectives for physicians, clinicians and health care workers who are interested in the aging voice.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Nihon University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Kiyoshi Makiyama

  • Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Shigeru Hirano

About the editors

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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aging Voice

  • Editors: Kiyoshi Makiyama, Shigeru Hirano

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3698-9

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017

  • License: CC BY

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-3697-2Published: 04 May 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9944-1Published: 08 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-3698-9Published: 19 April 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 115

  • Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Otorhinolaryngology, Speech Pathology, Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering

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eBook USD 119.00
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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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