Abstract
Plan A of this study was completed. Plan B of the study is the subject for future research. A review of the laryngectomy literature, from the earliest mention of the laryngectomy surgical procedure to the present was conducted; with specific emphasis upon factors pertinent to laryngectomee rehabilitation and esophageal speech development. Psychological, idiosyncratic, social, therapeutic and physiological factors were reported as affecting esophageal voice development. There were a great diversity of variables that might be predictive in judging acquisition of esophageal voice. However, much of the information regarding predictive variables was based on subjective reports, poorly controlled statistical research, or insignificant correlations. A Preliminary Esophageal Voice Checklist was developed to provide a systematic survey of variables frequently reported in the literature as affecting esophageal voice development. A proposal for experimental study, Plan B, was made for development of a pre-intervention assessment tool. Such a tool would allow the clinician to judge a laryngectomee's potential for esophageal development or an alternate form of communication.
[Keywords: Alaryngeal speech; Esophageal speech or voice; Esophagus; Laryngectomee; Laryngectomy; Larynx]
LLU Discipline
Speech Pathology
Department
Speech-Language Pathology
School
Graduate School
First Advisor
Melvin Cohen
Second Advisor
Grenith Zimmerman
Third Advisor
Jack Hartley
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Degree Level
M.S.
Year Degree Awarded
1980
Date (Title Page)
6-1980
Language
English
Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings
Laryngectomy; Speech; Alaryngeal
Subject - Local
Loma Linda University. Speech-Language Pathology program -- dissertations.
Type
Thesis
Page Count
v; 117
Digital Format
Digital Publisher
Loma Linda University Libraries
Copyright
Author
Usage Rights
This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.
Recommended Citation
Bravos, Christine G., "Review of prognostic factors for esophageal voice" (1980). Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects. 541.
https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/541
Collection
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Collection Website
http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/
Repository
Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives