Hands-free speech after surgical voice rehabilitation with a Provox® voice prosthesis: Experience with the Provox FreeHands HME tracheostoma valve® system

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-157

  Lorenz, K J ^a   Groll, K ^a   Ackerstaff, A H ^b   Hilgers, F J M ^b,c   Maier, H ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hands free speech; Tracheostoma valves; Voice prostheses; Voice rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FREEHANDS HME AUTOMATIC TRACHEOSTOMA VALVE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH REHABILITATION; VOICE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SPEECH; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 33845796017     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0155-2     Document Type: Article

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