Voice and speech rehabilitation following laryngectomy
The first aim of this study is the compilation of the various methods of voice and speech rehabilitation following laryngectomy. Therefore, this book gives a detailed survey of these voice rehabilitation methods, with emphasis on the tracheo-esophageal shunt method with a valve prosthesis in respectively Chapter II, Chapter III and Chapter IV. The development of these valve prostheses, which are inserted into a surgically created tracheo-esophageal shunt, has presented a giant step forwards in the voice and speech rehabilitation of laryngectomees.