title: X-ray video-tape studies of laryngectomized patients.
abstract: The voices of forty-one laryngectomized patients were studied by X-ray video-tape. Three-quarters had good and one-quarter poor voices. A high-seated and short pseudoglottis affords the best results. The causes of the poor voices are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013071:Speech, Alaryngeal; D013072:Speech, Esophageal; D014743:Videotape Recording / Q000379:methods