Compliance, quality of life and quantitative voice quality aspects of hands-free speech

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 629-637

  Op De Coul, B M R ^a   Ackerstaff, A H ^b,c   Van As Brooks, C J ^b,c   Van Den Hoogen, F J A ^a   Meeuwis, C A ^d   Manni, J J ^e   Hilgers, F J M ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automatic stoma valve; Compliance; Hands free speech; Provox freehands heat and moisture exchanger; Quality of life; Total laryngectomy; Voice quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC STOMA VALVE; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HANDS FREE SPEECH; HEAT EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY METER; LARYNGECTOMY; LOUDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMA; VOICE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHONATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION; SPEECH, ALARYNGEAL; SPEECH, ESOPHAGEAL; TIME FACTORS; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 21044436688     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510031515     Document Type: Article

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