title: [How good is the esophageal voice?].
abstract: In view of the fact that objective methods as employed in the past have not been suitable in judging the clarity of speech of laryngectomised persons, a grading system has been developed based on analytical criteria of speech (sound, clarity of speech, fluency, articulation, modulation, number of syllables, secondary murmur). The degree of understanding is graded from one to five (very good to poor). Tests were performed with 69 oesophageal speakers. Young people seem to learn oesophageal speech better than elderly persons. Most authors agree that learning and quality of oesophageal speech depend on the age of the patient. For this reason, elderly laryngectomised patients should receive more intensive care, so that they may develop an oesophageal speech of superior intelligibility.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010699:Phonation; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D013071:Speech, Alaryngeal / Q000379:methods*; D013072:Speech, Esophageal / Q000379:methods*; D014831:Voice; D014833:Voice Quality
vernacular_title: Wie gut ist die Oesophagusstimme?