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To identify anatomical, surgical, and clinical factors that influence the acquisition of intelligible oesophageal speech following total laryngectomy for laryngeal carcinoma.

January 19, 2009Clinical Otolaryngology

Oesophageal speech after laryngectomy: a study of possible influencing factors

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To identify anatomical, surgical, and clinical factors that influence the acquisition of intelligible oesophageal speech following total laryngectomy for laryngeal carcinoma.
Evaluated 52 patients with laryngeal carcinoma before and after laryngectomy.
Assessed speech acquisition using oesophageal manometry, postoperative follow-up interviews, and review of surgical approaches and radiotherapy fields.
Socially acceptable oesophageal speech was attained by 43% of patients, 22% spoke single words, and 35% acquired no speech, while 61% experienced postoperative dysphagia.
Age was the only factor that significantly correlated with intelligible oesophageal speech acquisition.
Surgical extension, radiation field, dysphagia severity, alcohol or smoking habits, and mental condition did not differ significantly between speech outcome groups.

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Cohort study reveals age as the sole predictor of successful oesophageal speech acquisition following laryngectomy, indicating learning capacity outweighs physical motor dysfunction.

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MJÖNES et al. (2009) studied this question.

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Cohort study reveals age as the sole predictor of successful oesophageal speech acquisition following laryngectomy, indicating learning capacity outweighs physical motor dysfunction.

Oesophageal speech after laryngectomy: a study of possible influencing factors

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