Preoperative and postoperative speech therapy

Niels Rasmussen, Frederik G. Dikkers

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSurgery of Larynx and Trachea
PublisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages299-302
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783540791355
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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