This book is an introductory, practical guide to caring for the professional voice, whether it is used for public speaking, drama or any kind of singing. It is designed to be accessible to those who use, or train others to use their voices professionally and will be useful to clinicians caring for patients. It will enable readers to gain a good, general understanding of the conditions that affect vocal performance, types of diseases and their therapy. For students embarking on a career it will help them nurture and get the best out of their vocal skills.

'Anyone whose voice is their livelihood will welcome this succinct and user friendly book' - Sir Anthony Hopkins

'An extremely readable, interesting book, which has opened my eyes to the number of factors that affect one's voice. Lots of good, expert advice, very well worth knowing.' - Kiri Te Kanawa

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Recognized as the most readable of doctoral and medical texts on the neuroscience and physiology of audiology, this text has been updated in an information-packed second edition. Presenting articles by experts on the frontlines of clinical care and research, the book covers the history of the science and medicine of hearing through expectations for tomorrow's pragmatic care. Sound and bone conduction, signal processing, auditory stimulus coding, cochlear blood circulation and auditory brain mapping are covered. This second edition incorporates advances in the understanding of auditory and vestibular physiology occurring over the past 13 years.

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