Speech, Alaryngeal
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Monday, November 23, 2009

A short perspective on the surgical restoration of alaryngeal speech.

30 Jul 2009 Despite advances in conservative laryngeal surgery and radiotherapy, total laryngectomy still remains the procedure of choice for advanced-stage laryngeal carcinoma around the world. The loss of natural voice is very often traumatic for the total ... Read more...

Speech intelligibility, acceptability, and communication-related quality of life in Chinese alaryngeal speakers.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate (1) speech intelligibility and acceptability in using 4 different alaryngeal speech methods: esophageal (ES), electrolaryngeal (EL), pneumatic device (PD), and tracheosophageal (TE) speech; and (2) communication-related ... Read more...

Development and perceptual evaluation of amplitude-based F0 control in electrolarynx speech.

27 Jun 2009 PURPOSE: Current electrolarynx (EL) devices produce a mechanical speech quality that has been largely attributed to the lack of natural fundamental frequency (F0) variation. In order to improve the quality of EL speech, in the present study the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Speech, Alaryngeal'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A short perspective on the surgical restoration of alaryngeal speech. 30 Jul 2009
• A piece of my mind. Rediscovering my voice. 13 Jul 2009
• Speech intelligibility, acceptability, and communication-related quality of life in Chinese alaryngeal speakers. 29 Jun 2009
• Development and perceptual evaluation of amplitude-based F0 control in electrolarynx speech. 27 Jun 2009
• Supracricoid laryngectomy: age influence on long-term functional results. 30 May 2009
• The great debate: stroboscopy vs high- speed imaging for assessment of alaryngeal phonation. 30 Mar 2009
• Is electroglottography-based videostroboscopic assessment of post-laryngectomy prosthetic speech useful? 30 Mar 2009
• Automatic evaluation of tracheoesophageal substitute voice: sustained vowel versus standard text. 22 Mar 2009
• An acoustical and perceptual study of vowels produced by alaryngeal speakers of Cantonese. 18 Mar 2009
• Neck and face surface electromyography for prosthetic voice control after total laryngectomy. 14 Mar 2009
• Voice handicap and health-related quality of life in laryngectomees: assessments with the use of VHI and EORTC questionnaires. 12 Mar 2009
• DECtalk and VeriVox: intelligibility, likeability, and rate preference differences for four listener groups. 27 Feb 2009
• Learning to use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC): is there a mentoring role for adults experienced in using AAC? 27 Feb 2009
• Primary versus secondary tracheoesophageal puncture in salvage total laryngectomy following chemoradiation. 27 Feb 2009
• Electromyographic control of a hands-free electrolarynx using neck strap muscles. 17 Jan 2009
• [A perceptual study of question and assertive modalities after vertical partial laryngectomies] 30 Dec 2008
• Identification of synthetic vowels based on selected vocal tract area functions. 30 Dec 2008
• Fundamental frequency variation with an electrolarynx improves speech understanding: a case study. 21 Dec 2008
• Application of automatic speech recognition to quantitative assessment of tracheoesophageal speech with different signal quality. 18 Dec 2008
• Voice onset time characteristics of esophageal, tracheoesophageal, and laryngeal speech of Cantonese. 29 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Speech, Alaryngeal'

Definition: Methods of enabling a patient without a larynx or with a non-functional larynx to produce voice or speech. The methods may be pneumatic or electronic.

Descriptor UI: D013071

Alternative terms: Speech, Alaryngeal; Alaryngeal Speech; Voice Production, Alaryngeal; Alaryngeal Voice Production; Alaryngeal Voice Productions; Production, Alaryngeal Voice; Productions, Alaryngeal Voice; Voice Productions, Alaryngeal;

Related Mesh Headings: Larynx, Artificial;

Allowable Qualifiers: instrumentation; methods; psychology;

Tree Number: E02.831.727.541;

Online Note: use SPEECH, ALARYNGEAL to search VOICE PRODUCTION, ALARYNGEAL 1968-79

History Note: 80; was VOICE PRODUCTION, ALARYNGEAL 1968-79