The use of a prosthetic speech aid for a laryngectomized esophageal speaker with right hemiparesis of the tongue: a case report.
A dental-palatal prosthetic device, which had been demonstrated to aid laryngectomees who use the glossal press method of esophageal speech, was used on a patient whose primary method of air charging was bilabial plosive injection and who had a right hemiparesis of the tongue. Cointervention of a prosthodontist and a speech pathologist is described.
D000368:Aged; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003778:Dentures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010158:Palatal Obturators / Q000295:instrumentation; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010699:Phonation; D010700:Phonetics; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013071:Speech, Alaryngeal; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000150:complications*