Maia N. Braden, MS, CCC-SLPDivision of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

All chapters will be written by experts in the fields of pediatric laryngology and speech-language pathology

Includes numerous color photographs, figures and tables to augment the text

Each chapter provides an overview, clinical presentation, diagnostic workup, therapeutic approach, and surgical technique of specific disorders

Pediatric Aerodigestive Programs: Role of the Core Team Members, Speech Language Pathology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, Otolaryngology, and Parent/Caregiver.- Operative Evaluation of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract.- Anesthetic Considerations.- Perioperative Considerations After Pediatric Laryngeal Surgery.- Imaging Evaluation of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract.- Physiology of Voice Production.- Embryonic and Histologic Development of the Vocal Tract.- Aerodynamic Voice Assessment.- Clinical Approach to Aerodynamic Assessment.- Nonlinear Acoustic Analysis of Voice Production.- Clinical Approach to Acoustic Assessment.- Perceptual Evaluation of Voice.- Health Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Dysphonia.- Endoscopic Evaluation of the Pediatric Larynx.- Physiology of Normal Swallow.- Clinical Evaluation of Swallow.- Videofluoroscopic Evaluation of the Swallow in Infants and Children.- Pediatric Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing.- Manometric Evaluation of Pediatric Swallow.- Quality of Life Assessment in Children with Feeding and Swallowing Disorders.- Approach to Pediatric Voice Therapy.- Benign Mass Lesions.- Laryngopharyngeal Reflux.- Muscle Tension Dysphonia and Puberphonia.- Vocal Fold Mobility Impairment.- Laryngomalacia.- Laryngeal Cleft.- Paradoxical Fold Motion.- Vascular Anomalies.- Vocal Fold Star.- Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis.- Glottic Web.- Syndromes and Congential Anomalies.- Esophageal Dysmotility.- Cricopharyngeal Achalasia.- Congenital Tracheal Anomalies: Complete Tracheal Rings, Tracheomalacia, and Vascular Compression.- Eosinophilic Esophagitis.- Tracheoesophageal Fitula.- Post-itubation Glottic Abnormalities.- Dysphonia After Laryngotrachael Reconstruction.- Non-cleft Velopharyngeal Dysfunction.- The Young Aspiring Singer.- Gender Affirming Voice.- The Weird and the Wonderful.