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Speech rehabilitation during the first year after total laryngectomy
Andreas DietzFriedemann PabstA. SandnerKerstin BreitensteinHans-joachim VogelJens OekenAndreas DeckelmannMichael FuchsDorit WollbrückHeike RichterSven KoscielnySylvia MeuretJuliane SchockKarl HormesSarah CookSusanne SingerSusanne Singersubject
medicine.medical_specialtyRehabilitationbusiness.industrymedicine.medical_treatmentHead neckSpeech rehabilitationAudiologyVoice prosthesisLaryngectomyOtorhinolaryngologyotorhinolaryngologic diseasesmedicinebusinessProspective cohort studyTracheoesophageal Puncturedescription
Background Gaining a new voice is one of the major aims after total laryngectomy. The objective of this study was to describe the process and results of speech rehabilitation during the first year after surgery. Methods Speech intelligibility was measured 6 months (n = 273) and 1 year (n = 225) after total laryngectomy. Results Objective (23.4 to 47.5 points, p < .0001) and subjective (51.6 to 64.7 points, p < .0001) speech intelligibility improved between 6 months and 1 year after total laryngectomy. Patients who used tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP) had the best results in speech intelligibility 6 months and 1 year after total laryngectomy. In all, 12% of the patients who used TEP initially no longer used it 1 year later. Patients who had received rehabilitation had better objective speech intelligibility than those who did not. Conclusions Speech improves considerably between 6 months and 1 year after total laryngectomy. Nonattendance of rehabilitation is associated with a worse functional outcome in speech rehabilitation. Head Neck, 35: 1583–1590, 2013
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-20 | Head & Neck |