Speech performance of adult cantonese-speaking laryngectomees using different types of alaryngeal phonation

Journal of Voice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 338-344

  Ng, Manwa L ^a   Kwok, Chui Ling I ^b,c   Chow, Sau Fong W ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Voice and ENT Center   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electrolarynx; Laryngectomy; Pneumatic artificial larynx; Standard esophageal; Tracheoesophageal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS SPEECH; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PHONATION; PITCH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VOICE;

EID: 0030953442     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(97)80013-6     Document Type: Article

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