title: Acceptability and intelligibility of tracheoesophageal speech using the Groningen valve.
abstract: This prospective study was set up to investigate the acceptability and intelligibility of speech produced by a population of male patients who had undergone total laryngectomy for malignant disease in Sheffield. Each had been fitted with at least 1 Groningen tracheoesophageal prosthesis and their phonatory qualities were assessed by a team of 8 naive listeners. Speech quality assessed in terms of acceptability and intelligibility was found to be generally very high and compares favourably with that produced by a population of patients using the Blom-Singer prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech Therapy, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: O'Leary
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Heaton
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Clegg
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy; D007831:Larynx, Artificial; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D014833:Voice Quality