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Voice related quality of life outcomes following treatment of laryngeal cance

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ArticleSeries: ; Volume 33Publication details: All India Institute of Speech and Hearing 2014Description: 82-87ISSN:
  • 2582-4961
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In: Journal of All India Institute of Speech & HearingSummary: This study aimed to investigate and compare the voice related quality of life in individuals treated with two dierent modalities for laryngeal cancer: total laryngectomy using tracheoesophageal speech (TES) and chemoradiotherapy using laryngeal speech (CRT). Twenty patients, who were divided into two groups- group I (TES) and group II (CRT) with ten in each, participated in the study. They autonomously completed the Voice Related Quality Of Life (V-RQOL), a questionnaire with 10-items for quality of life survey. Statistical analysis was performed and results revealed dierences between the groups on domains and total scores of V-RQOL; however, the dierence was not statistically signicant.Thus, the study concluded that self-assessment is crucial and should be considered as a part of voice evaluation. Also, voice related problems occur not only for TES group but also for CRT patients which indicates the need of voice- and speech rehabilitation in both patient groups.
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This study aimed to investigate and compare the voice related quality of life in individuals treated with two dierent modalities for laryngeal cancer: total laryngectomy using tracheoesophageal speech (TES) and chemoradiotherapy using laryngeal speech (CRT). Twenty patients, who were divided into two groups- group I (TES) and group II (CRT) with ten in each, participated in the study. They autonomously completed the Voice Related Quality Of Life (V-RQOL), a questionnaire with 10-items for quality of life survey. Statistical analysis was performed and results revealed dierences between the groups on domains and total scores of V-RQOL; however, the dierence was not statistically signicant.Thus, the study concluded that self-assessment is crucial and should be considered as a part of voice evaluation. Also, voice related problems occur not only for TES group but also for CRT patients which indicates the need of voice- and speech rehabilitation in both patient groups.

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