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Article
Aerodynamic characteristics of the Nijdam voice prosthesis in relation to tracheo-esophageal wall thickness
Tracheo-esophageal speech using various prostheses is currently the most successful form of voice and speech rehabilitation for laryngectomees. Main inter-device differences are durability and trans-device pre...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Groningen Voice Prosthesis for Secondary Voice Rehabilitation after Total Laryngectomy
The problem of an open tracheo-oesophageal fistula which would allow air to pass in one direction without aspiration remained unsolved until Singer and Blom (1979) developed a technique using a valved silicon ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Groningen Button Results
In 1980, the first Groningen button was placed in a patient undergoing a total laryngectomy in the ENT-department of the Groningen University Hospital.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Groningen Voice Prosthesis for Voice Rehabilitation During Total Laryngectomy
Speech loss is the most distressing side-effect of total laryngectomy. Voice rehabilitation through learning oesophageal speech by injection is still the most preferred method for speech restoration after tota...