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Factors Influencing the Learning of Esophageal Speech
Author(s) -
KEITH ROBERT L.,
EWERT JOSEPHINE C.,
FLOWERS CHARLES R.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682827409011616
Subject(s) - psychology , esophageal speech , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , rating scale , speech therapy , personality , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , audiology , medicine , social psychology , larynx , laryngectomy , surgery , economics , macroeconomics
Summary This study of 49 male laryngectomized patients was conducted to determine the relationship between degree of mastery of esophageal speech and various educational and psychologic factors. Three variables were found to correlate significantly with the final speech proficiency rating: initial speech proficiency rating, depression (MMPI scale 2), and educational level. The results indicate that age and the educational and psychologic variables investigated in this study are not as important to success in learning esophageal speech as indicated by previous authors. However, those variables may be important in individual cases.