Herrmann, I. F. (Ingo Ferdinand) 1942- Amatsu, Mutsuo. text bibliography gw Berlin New York Springer-Verlag c1986 1986 monographic eng

print

xii, 203 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Historical Perspective -- 1 The Different Types of Voice Prostheses -- The Simple Semi-Permanent Supratracheal Valve Prosthesis after Total Laryngectomy -- A Second Generation Artificial Larynx Prosthesis -- A Comparative Clinical Evaluation -- The Groningen Voice Prosthesis for Secondary Voice Rehabilitation after Total Laryngectomy -- The Groningen Voice Prosthesis for Voice Rehabilitation During Total Laryngectomy -- The Groningen Button Results -- Voice Rehabilitation after Laryngectomy with the Groningen Voice Prosthesis: Experiences Made in Nijmegen -- The Phoniatric Results of Our Voice Prostheses (36 Cases) -- The Hypopharyngeal Puncture -- Our Experiences with Delayed Primary Voice Rehabilitation -- Assessment and Management Protocol for Tracheo-Oesophageal 'Puncture' Procedures -- 2 Experimental Research Regarding the Function and Handling of Voice Prostheses -- Physical Aspects of Tracheo-Oesophageal Shunt Prostheses (Pressure -- Flow Measurements of a Model Prosthesis) -- In Vitro Experiments Using Valve Prostheses -- Wear and Tear on the Silicon of Valve Prostheses in the Upper Digestive Tract -- A Study Using Electron Microscope Scanning -- Biocompatibility of Plastic Materials -- 3 In Vivo Experiments Using Voice Prostheses -- Aerodynamic Properties of Buttons and Button-Assisted Oesophageal Speech -- In Vivo Experiments Using Valve Prostheses -- Resistance and Pressure/ Time Measurement -- 4 Problems Occurring with the Inferior Pharyngeal Muscle and Their Possible Solutions -- Function of the Pharynx and Killian Mouth in Voice Production with Our Prosthesis -- The Anatomy of the Larynx, Pharynx and Cervical Oesophagus in Relation to Surgical Voice Restoration -- Glottoplasty with Functional Pharynx Surgery and Tracheostomaplasty -- 5 Indications, Results and Their Means of Evaluation -- Possible Ways of Reconstructing the Pharynx with a One-Step Operation while Attempting Voice Restoration -- Problem of the Indications for the Use of a Valved Prosthesis -- Lung Function Tests in Laryngectomized Patients -- Evaluation of Speech with and Without a 'Groningen Type' Voice Button -- Intelligibility, Vocal Intensity, and Long-Term Average Spectra of Groningen Button-Oesophageal Speech -- The Postlaryngectomy Telephone Intelligibility Test (PLTT) -- 4 Years Experience of Voice Production and Deglutition Using Valve Prostheses -- 6 Speech Training, Intelligibility and Psychosocial Aspects -- Speech Training of Oesophageal Voice with a Button -- Intelligibility and Psycho-Social Adjustment. A Comparison Between Patients with Oesophageal Voice and Patients with a Voice Prosthesis -- Social and Psychosocial Aspects of Vocal Rehabilitation in Laryngectomized Patients -- Preliminary Results -- 7 Fingerless Voice Restoration -- Experiences with Surgical Voice Restoration -- Amatsu's Technique Using the Blom-Singer Tracheostoma Valve -- Fingerless Voice Restoration Using Amatsu's Technique -- Experience with the ESKA-Herrmann Tracheostoma Valve -- Implantation of the Recurrent Nerve and Its Possible Use as a Trigger for an Artificial Larynx -- 8 Experimental Research to Establish an Artificial Larynx -- Experimental Research to Establish an Artificial Larynx edited by I.F. Herrmann ; in collaboration with M. Amatsu ... [et al.]. Includes bibliographies and index. Artificial larynx Laryngectomees Rehabilitation RF538 .S64 1986 617.533 HER 3540168621 86015610 DLC 860626 20200109162359.0 3823981