The voice handicap index with post-laryngectomy male voices research report

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 575-586

  Evans, Eryl ^a   Carding, Paul ^b   Drinnan, Michael ^c  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laryngectomy; Surgical voice restoration; Voice Handicap Index (VHI); Voice rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS SPEECH; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSURGICAL VOICE RESTORATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SURGICAL VOICE RESTORATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH, ESOPHAGEAL; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 70350096510     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820902928729     Document Type: Article

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