Full Description
This text provides knowledge, including views, protocols and techniques from practitioners in voice restoration following laryngectomy. All ramifications of use of the Blom-Singer prosthesis in conjunction with specially trained speech-language pathologists are included.
Contents
History; preoperative tracheoesophageal voice restoration assessment and selection criteria; radiologic evaluation of the postlaryngectomy pharynx; primary tracheoesophageal voice restoration; secondary tracheoesophageal voice restoration; surgical management of pharyngeal constrictor muscle hypertonicity; tracheoesophageal voice restoration following laryngopharyngectomy and laryngopharyngoesophagectomy; voice restoration after microvascular free tissue transfer; extended laryngectomy; complications of primary and secondary tracheoesophageal voice restoration; botulinum neurotoxin injection for tracheoesophageal voice failure; tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis fitting and training; tracheostoma valves; postlaryngectomy airway humidification and filtration; maximizing tracheoesophageal voice and speech; acoustic and aerodynamic characteristics of tracheoesophageal voice; problems and solutions; microbial colonization of tracheoesophageal voice prostheses.
