Archivio Istituzionale della RicercaLarynx is a complicated organ strategically located at the division of the upper aerodigestive tract into the gastrointestinal tract and the airway. Alteration of its function can have a significant impact on vocal, digestive and respiratory physiology. Laryngeal cancer changes the anatomy and the patient is deprived on the vibrating source and he can’t speak. Different methods to recover phonation after total laryngectomies have been developed to produce a new voice from the 1860 to today, electrical or pneumatic types. Actually the most used technique are: the oesophageal speech, the electrolarynx and the phonatory prosthesis.
Laryngeal prosthetic devices / Carello, Massimiliana; Belforte, Guido; Bongioannnini, G.; Magnano, M. - In: Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation 2nd edition / EDITED BY JOHN G. WEBSTER. - [s.l] : JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., 2006. - ISBN 9780470040690. - pp. 229-234
Laryngeal prosthetic devices
CARELLO, Massimiliana;BELFORTE, GUIDO;
2006
Abstract
Larynx is a complicated organ strategically located at the division of the upper aerodigestive tract into the gastrointestinal tract and the airway. Alteration of its function can have a significant impact on vocal, digestive and respiratory physiology. Laryngeal cancer changes the anatomy and the patient is deprived on the vibrating source and he can’t speak. Different methods to recover phonation after total laryngectomies have been developed to produce a new voice from the 1860 to today, electrical or pneumatic types. Actually the most used technique are: the oesophageal speech, the electrolarynx and the phonatory prosthesis.
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