Speech and voice after laryngectomy: Perceptual and acoustical analyses of tracheoesophageal speech related to voice handicap index

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-108

  Lundström, Elisabet ^a   Hammarberg, Britta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Perceptual analysis; Tracheoesophageal voice; Voice handicap index

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS SPEECH; HEARING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EVALUATION; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME; TRACHEA; VOICE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH PERCEPTION; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH, ALARYNGEAL; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 77957740924     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319740     Document Type: Article

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