English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Free Plan

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

Total laryngectomy is a radical procedure that leads to permanent loss of the voice generator and a part of the voice resonator, the larynx, where the basic laryngeal tone is created. One method of voice and speech rehabilitation is implantation of tracheoesophageal prosthesis. The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics of tracheoesophageal speech in patients with primary and secondary vocal prosthesis, to analyze the influence of gender and age on characteristics of the tracheoesophageal speech and self-assessment by patients themselves. This paper presents the results of voice and speech rehabilitation in 48 laryngectomized patients aged 44 to 77 years, with implanted vocal prosthesis during the period from 2008 to 2010 at the Clinic for Ear, Nose and Throat of the Clinical Centre of Vojvodina. The assessment of voice and speech characteristics included: maximum phonation time for the sound /a/, the length of phrases, reading of phonetically balanced word lists, intelligibility of words, reading phonetically balanced text and self-assessment of speech quality of patients referred to their communicative needs. Characteristics of voice and speech in patients who underwent primary vocal prosthesis in relation to secondary placement show no statistically significant difference. In patients under the age of 60, statistically significant better result in terms of speech intelligibility was found. There were no statistically significant differences depending on the patients' gender. Only one patient (1/48) assessed his speech as unsatisfactory. As developing countries cannot provide adequate number of prostheses and their continuous supply for all laryngectomy patients, the installation of a secondary vocal prosthesis could be an adequate method of rehabilitation. A large percentage of success in education of tracheoesophageal speech recommends the placement of vocal prosthesis

Characteristics of tracheoesophageal voice and speech in laryngectomized patients after primary and secondary application of vocal prosthesis