Voice final

What are some predisposing risk factors
- Tobacco smoking
- alcohol
- smokeless tobacco
- gerd
- hpv
Symptoms of laryngeal cancer
- Hoarseness > 3 weeks
- lump in throat
- throat clearing/coughing
- sore throat
- difficulty breathing
What is TNM?
- T- tumor size and extent
- N- absence or presence/ extent of lymph node metastasis
- M- absence/presence of distant metastasis
advantages to artificial larynges
- Easy to learn
- same intelligibility as esophageal speech
- easier to discriminate in noise than ES
- Can be adapted/changed to intramural device
Disadvantages to artificial larynges
- Robotic quality
- Cost
- Requires hand to use
- Difficult to vary pitch and intensity
Advantages to ES
- No mechanical or prosthetic device used
- both hands free while talking
- more natural than electro larynxelectro larynx
Disadvantages to ES
- 4-6 months to learn
- small success rate
- phonation sustained for only 3-4seconds
- low intensity and pitch
- limited pitch and intensity modulation
Advantages to voice prosthesis
- Able to sustain phonation for long periods of time
- more natural speech-breathing action
- easy to acquire and learn
- hands-free prosthesis available
Disadvantages to voice prosthesis
- Daily maintenance required
- needs to be changed every 3 months
- recurrent leakage requires replacement
- cost

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Voice final

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Voice final

Updated

2013-12-14T19:55:54Z

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