First clinical experience with a new non-indwelling voice prosthesis (Provox® NID™) for voice rehabilitation after total laryngectomy

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 981-990

  Hancock, Kelli ^a,c   Houghton, Brooke ^a   Van As Brooks, Corina J ^b   Coman, William ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Atos Medical AB   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Device life; Laryngectomy; Non indwelling; Questionnaire; Voice prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGECTOMY; LOUDNESS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPEECH REHABILITATION; VOICE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHONATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 24944457655     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510043486     Document Type: Article

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