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Recent advances in the assessment of ‘failed’ oesophageal speakers
Author(s) -
Perry Alison,
Edels Yvonne
Publication year - 1985
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 - 10.3109/13682828509012264
Subject(s) - laryngectomy , psychology , intervention (counseling) , esophageal speech , audiology , voice prosthesis , larynx , medicine , surgery , psychiatry
By means of videofluoroscopy laryngectomy patients can be clearly categorised into five mutually exclusive groups. It has been shown that difficulties in oesophageal voice acquisition are directly related to adequacy of the pharyngo‐oesophageal (P‐E) segment, which is a direct result of the type of surgery used at the time of initial laryngectomy. This paper gives indications for intervention in each of the five groups described and emphasises the need for earlier objective evaluations in order to remedy these difficulties.