Perspectives on voice rehabilitation following total laryngectomy
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Voice rehabilitation of Broca's aphasia following total laryngectomy.
Total laryngectomy, as a consequence of carcinoma of the larynx, results in loss of speech function. Cerebrovascular stroke is the leading cause of reduced speech production ability, and thereby communication difficulties. The case is presented of a 60-year-old male patient who suffered stroke five years after a total laryngectomy. Speech rehabilitation was hampered due to the depressive state ...
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Drs. Mark Singer and Eric Blom revolutionized the process of speech rehabilitation following total laryngectomy with their introduction of the tracheoesophageal puncture and insertion of a duck bill prosthesis.[1-5] The physiologic principles of the procedure are obvious, the surgical technique is simple, and the results in terms of fluent speech production are immediate and quite satisfactory....
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Total laryngectomy is the surgical procedure traditionally used to treat patients with advanced-stage cancer of the larynx. The impairments resulting from removal of such a small organ are, indeed, profound. They include loss of voice and speech; altered respiration, necessitating a permanent breathing opening in the neck; and diminished sense of smell and taste. When one considers these factor...
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Over the past three decades a variety of surgical techniques have been developed for voice restoration following laryngectomy. The underlying principle of these procedures is to divert pulmonary air into the gullet where vibrations of the tissue creates the sound used for speech production. To achieve successful surgical voice restoration voice production must be compatible with normal deglutit...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cancer Care
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0961-5423
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2010.01193.x