Objective Assessment of Laryngectomized Patients With Surgical Reconstruction

In this article, we seek to re-examine traditional treatment outcomes related to communicative success after total laryngectomy. Specifically, the three most common alaryngeal speech methods are presented in relation to typical speech intelligibility outcomes. Factors that interact with intelligibility highlight how formal measures of intelligibility are necessary, but insufficient, for determining communicative success. A multidimensional context in which the communicative dyad is presented as an additional factor must be considered. In this paper, we outline several clinical examples that highlight the importance of this factor and its implications for rehabilitation.

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Evaluation of speech of laryngectomees after the amatsu tracheoesophageal shunt operation

Amatsu¹,

Kinishi²,

JAMIR³

1984

The Laryngoscope

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Fourteen patients were evaluated by a number of tests to analyze the voice produced following the senior author's surgical technique for speech rehabilitation. The parameters used were sustained duration of the prolonged vowel, counting per breath, syllables per breath, words per breath, and words per minute for quantitative determination. The qualitative parameters used were pronunciation accuracy, level of intelligibility and adequacy. The results obtained were better than those of esophageal speakers and approximate laryngeal voice. A comparison of relative advantage over other rehabilitative procedures is presented.

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Objective Assessment of Laryngectomized Patients With Surgical Reconstruction

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Observations on surgical rehabilitation of the voice after laryngectomy with Staffieri's method

Observations on surgical rehabilitation of the voice after laryngectomy with Staffieri's method

Seeking to Better Understand Factors That Influence Postlaryngectomy Speech Rehabilitation

Evaluation of speech of laryngectomees after the amatsu tracheoesophageal shunt operation

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