Abstract
Evidence based medicine has not quite reached the field of pre-and post-operative speech therapy. Spontaneous healing of the vocal folds after surgery using standardized microphonosurgical techniques is the key to voice restoration. Pre-and post-operative speech therapy should be tailored to the nature of the vocal fold pathology. Precise, truely objective measures of the quality of speech are warranted. Better definitions of and precise goals for speech therapy are desirable.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Surgery of Larynx and Trachea |
Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
Pages | 299-302 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783540791355 |
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Publication status | Published - 2010 |