Speech Restoration Via Voice Prostheses

Author : I.F. Herrmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642714153
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speech Restoration Via Voice Prostheses written by I.F. Herrmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a series of articles and summaries regarding surgical voice restoration after or during a total laryngectomy. Most readers will recall the pleasure patients feel when they are able to speak again after years of mute existence. A few simple questions are relevant to the articles contained herein. Firstly, how important is a person's voice? Is it for example as important to man as the dances bees use to convey essential information? Even the most superficial consideration must tell us that the function of the human voice is still more important as we already have a detailed body language of our own, e.g., when we feel pain,joy, love, fear, etc. Without doubt, speech is the basis of knowledge and surely it is the capacity to learn which characterizes the human intellect. Secondly, one may ask whether man was always intended to have a voice? A few every-day observations can provide us with an answer. When little children play together, for instance, they all speak at once and seldom listen to what their neighbors are saying. Obviously, this is b~cause it is not so important what they are actually saying as that something is being said at all.

Author : I F Herrmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783642714160
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speech Restoration Via Voice Prostheses written by I F Herrmann and published by . This book was released on 1986-09-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : I.F. Herrmann
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783540168621
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speech Restoration Via Voice Prostheses written by I.F. Herrmann and published by Springer. This book was released on 1986-09-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a series of articles and summaries regarding surgical voice restoration after or during a total laryngectomy. Most readers will recall the pleasure patients feel when they are able to speak again after years of mute existence. A few simple questions are relevant to the articles contained herein. Firstly, how important is a person's voice? Is it for example as important to man as the dances bees use to convey essential information? Even the most superficial consideration must tell us that the function of the human voice is still more important as we already have a detailed body language of our own, e.g., when we feel pain,joy, love, fear, etc. Without doubt, speech is the basis of knowledge and surely it is the capacity to learn which characterizes the human intellect. Secondly, one may ask whether man was always intended to have a voice? A few every-day observations can provide us with an answer. When little children play together, for instance, they all speak at once and seldom listen to what their neighbors are saying. Obviously, this is b~cause it is not so important what they are actually saying as that something is being said at all.

Author : Carmelo Saraniti
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031296540
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voice Prosthesis in Total Laryngectomized Patients written by Carmelo Saraniti and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Itzhak Brook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781976852398
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Laryngectomee Guide Expanded Edition written by Itzhak Brook and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 254 pages expanded Laryngectomy Guide is an updated and revised edition of the original Laryngectomee Guide. It provides information that can assist laryngectomees and their caregivers with medical, dental and psychological issues. It contains information about side effects of radiation and chemotherapy; methods of speaking; airway, stoma, and voice prosthesis care; eating and swallowing; medical, dental and psychological concerns; respiration; anesthesia; and travelling.

Author : Katie Stroh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Voice Prosthesis Use in the First Two Years of Recovery Status Post Total Laryngectomy written by Katie Stroh and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Advanced laryngeal cancer requires laryngeal amputation (laryngectomy) (Graham, 1997). As a sequelae to laryngectomy, the surgeon redirects the trachea to the external neck, creating a tracheostoma. This serves as the path for respiration as there is no longer a connection between the trachea and the upper airway (Plante & Beeson, 1999). The laryngectomy deprives the patient of the power source (exhaled air) for speech and the vibrating source (vocal folds) for speech. There are three forms of voice restoration following total laryngectomy: esophageal speech, speech with an artificial larynx, and tracheoesophageal (TE) speech, requiring use of a voice prosthesis (v.p.). TE speech is the focus of the present study. Voice prostheses have evolved immensely since their introduction in1980; therefore, clinicians face a multitude of decisions in managing speech rehabilitation. Questions arise regarding which v.p. design is "best" and what criteria should be considered when selecting v.p.s. This study is a chart review of 11 patients with total laryngectomy and primary TEP who have been in recovery for two years (time frame, 2003-2005). The goal was to identify changes in selected v.p.s and reasons for such changes in the first and second years post-surgery. The primary trend was that patients required progressively shorter v.p.s in the first year vs. negligible change in the second year. A second trend was that clinician-inserted v.p.s tended toward a relatively short useful life. A third trend was that more female laryngectomees were retained in the second year of recovery than males. A fourth trend was the pervasive presence of candida colonization of v.p.s (a condition producing breakdown of the v.p. valve.

Author : Philip C. Doyle
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030047024
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clinical Care and Rehabilitation in Head and Neck Cancer written by Philip C. Doyle and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malignancies involving structures of the head and neck frequently impact the most fundamental aspects of human existence, namely, those functions related to voice and speech production, eating, and swallowing. Abnormalities in voice production, and in some instances its complete loss, are common following treatment for laryngeal (voice box) cancer. Similarly, speech, eating, and swallowing may be dramatically disrupted in those where oral structures (e.g., the tongue, jaw, hard palate, pharynx, etc.) are surgically ablated to eliminate the cancer. Consequently, the range and degree of deficits that may be experienced secondary to the treatment of head and neck cancer (HNCa) are often substantial. This need is further reinforced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who have estimated that the number of individuals who will be newly diagnosed with HNCa will now double every 10 years. This estimate becomes even more critical given that an increasing number of those who are newly diagnosed will be younger and will experience the possibility of long-term survival post-treatment. Contemporary rehabilitation efforts for those treated for HNCa increasingly demand that clinicians actively consider and address multiple issues. Beyond the obvious concerns specific to any type of cancer (i.e., the desire for curative treatment), clinical efforts that address physical, psychological, communicative, and social consequences secondary to HNCa treatment are essential components of all effective rehabilitation programs. Comprehensive HNCa rehabilitation ultimately seeks to restore multiple areas of functioning in the context of the disabling effects of treatment. In this regard, rehabilitation often focuses on restoration of function while reducing the impact of residual treatment-related deficits on the individual’s overall functioning, well-being, quality of life (QOL), and ultimately, optimize survivorship. Regardless of the treatment method(s) pursued for HNCa (e.g., surgery, radiotherapy, chemoradiation, or combined methods), additional problems beyond those associated with voice, speech, eating and swallowing frequently exist. For example, post-treatment changes in areas such as breathing, maintaining nutrition, limitations in physical capacity because surgical reconstruction such as deficits in shoulder functioning, concerns specific to cosmetic alterations and associated disfigurement, and deficits in body image are common. Those treated for HNCa also may experience significant pain, depression, stigma and subsequent social isolation. Concerns of this type have led clinicians and researchers to describe HNCa as the most emotionally traumatic form of cancer. It is, therefore, essential that clinicians charged with the care and rehabilitation of those treated for HNCa actively seek to identify, acknowledge, and systematically address a range of physical, psychological, social, and communication problems. Efforts that systematically consider this range of post-treatment sequelae are seen as critical to any effort directed toward enhanced rehabilitation outcomes. Actively and purposefully addressing post-treatment challenges may increase the likelihood of both short- and long-term rehabilitation success in this challenging clinical population. Current information suggests that successful clinical outcomes for those with HNCa are more likely to be realized when highly structured, yet flexible interdisciplinary programs of care are pursued. Yet contemporary educational resources that focus not only on management of voice, speech, eating, and swallowing disorders, but also address issues such as shoulder dysfunction due to neck dissection, the significant potential for cosmetic alterations can offer a much broader perspective on rehabilitation. Contemporary surgical treatment frequently involves reconstruction with extensive procedures that require donor sites that include both soft tissue from a variety of locations (e.g., forearm, thigh, etc.), as well as bone (e.g., the scapula). Collectively, resources that address these issues and many other concerns and the resultant social implications of HNCa and its treatment can serve to establish a comprehensive framework for clinical care. Consequently, providing a highly specialized and comprehensive educational resource specific to HNCa rehabilitation is currently needed. The proposed edited book is designed to address this void in a single authoritative resource that is also accessible to the clinical readership. Integral to this proposed book is information that guides clinical approaches to HNCa rehabilitation, in addition to offering emphasis on the direct impact of changes in voice, speech, and swallowing and the impact of such losses on outcomes. Finally, while several other published sources currently exist (see attached list), the emphasis of these books is directed either toward the identification and diagnosis of malignant disease, clinical and surgical pathology, associated efforts directed toward biomedical aspects of cancer and its treatment, or those with a focus on a single clinical problem or approach to rehabilitation. Therefore, the content of the proposed multi-chapter text centers on delivering a systematically structured, comprehensive, and clinically-oriented presentation on a range of topics that will provide readers at a variety of levels with a strong, well-integrated, and empirically driven foundation to optimize the clinical care of those with HNCa. The primary audience for this textbook is undergraduate and graduate-level students in Speech-Language Pathology, as well as practitioners, especially hospital-based practitioners, in Speech-Language Pathology; other key audiences include junior and senior level otolaryngology residents and fellows, translational researchers in head and neck cancer, related medical specialists (e.g., radiation oncology), oncology nurses, and potentially other rehabilitation professionals such as occupational therapists, counseling psychologists, social workers, and rehabilitation counselors.

Author : Eric D. Blom
Publisher : Singular
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tracheoesophageal Voice Restoration Following Total Laryngectomy written by Eric D. Blom and published by Singular. This book was released on 1998 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores clinical issues of the 20-year-old tracheoesophageal puncture technique which allows for esophageal speech with pulmonic air. After a brief overview of the history of the technique, topics discussed include preoperative assessment methods, patient selection considerations, surgical techniques of primary and secondary puncture, surgical approaches to laryngopharyngectomy, surgical complications, postoperative therapeutic issues, the preservation of tracheoesophogeal prostheses, and the use of botulinum neurotoxin to nonsurgically optimize the pharynx muscles for alaryngeal phonation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Publisher : Geetha R
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voice Rehabilitation following total laryngectomy written by and published by Geetha R. This book was released on with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ashley N. Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Factors Affecting Voice Prosthesis Life in Tracheoesophageal Speech written by Ashley N. Lee and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Persons with advanced cancer of the larynx or pyriform sinuses frequently undergo laryngeal amputation (laryngectomy) to remove the tumor. Among the sequelae to this surgery are permanent diversion of the lower airway to a tracheostoma at the base of the neck with loss of the upper airway for respiration and olfaction, maintenance of oral swallowing (but altered by loss of the larynx and alteration of the upper esophageal sphincter), and loss of voice (Stemple, Glaze, & Klaben, 2000). There are three primary methods for voice restoration following total laryngectomy: esophageal speech, speech with an artificial vibratory source (a.k.a. electrolarynx), and tracheoesophageal (TE) speech, which requires a voice prosthesis (v.p.) (Stemple, Glaze, & Klaben, 2000). The latter is the focus of the present study. Since the introduction of the first effective v.p. in 1980 (InHealth Technologies ENT Product Catalog, 2005), there has been a steady increase in the variety of designs of prostheses available for use. This increase in variety raises questions about which design is "best" or what criteria should be employed in selecting v.p.s. The study is a chart review of a 29 patients with total laryngectomy and primary TEP who have been in recovery for at least one year (time frame, 2003-2004). The goal is to identify changes in selected v.p.s and reasons for such changes in the first year post-surgery. The primary trend was a reduction in v.p. length over the first year. A second surprising trend was the relatively short useful life of the clinician-inserted v.p.s. A third trend was the pervasive presence of candida colonization of voice prostheses (a condition which produces premature breakdown of the v.p. valve).