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    Assessment of Function Post-cancer

    Preservation and rehabilitation of function are sentinel goals in the management of head and neck cancer patients, including those with facial cancer. The speech pathologist has an integral role in the multidi...

    Julia Maclean in Atlas of Extreme Facial Cancer (2022)

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    The Team Approach in Cancer Care

    The evolution of modern plastic surgery in the English-speaking world began with the return of Captain Gillies to the Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot in 1916 after two years in France. The management of...

    Michael F. Klaassen, Paul Levick, Jim Frame in Atlas of Extreme Facial Cancer (2022)

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    High-Resolution Pharyngeal Manometry and Impedance: Protocols and Metrics—Recommendations of a High-Resolution Pharyngeal Manometry International Working Group

    High-resolution manometry has traditionally been utilized in gastroenterology diagnostic clinical and research applications. Recently, it is also finding new and important applications in speech pathology and ...

    Taher I. Omari, Michelle Ciucci, Kristin Gozdzikowska, Ester Hernández in Dysphagia (2020)

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    What Are We Really Measuring? A Content Comparison of Swallowing Outcome Measures for Head and Neck Cancer Based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

    A combination of outcome measures are required to provide important information on the physiological profile and associated impact of dysphagia in head and neck cancer (HNC). Choosing the most appropriate tool...

    Rebecca Louise Nund, Bena Brown, Elizabeth Celeste Ward, Julia Maclean in Dysphagia (2019)

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    The Normative Range for and Age and Gender Effects on the Sydney Swallow Questionnaire (SSQ)

    The Sydney Swallow Questionnaire (SSQ) is a validated measure of the symptomatic severity of oral–pharyngeal dysphagia. Up until now no normative ranges have been established for the questionnaire. This is a l...

    Michal Marcin Szczesniak, Julia Maclean, Teng Zhang, Rong Liu, Ian James Cook in Dysphagia (2014)

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    Dysphagia Following a Total Laryngectomy: The Effect on Quality of Life, Functioning, and Psychological Well-Being

    The aim of this study was to investigate the effect that dysphagia has on quality of life (QoL), functioning, and psychological well-being of people who have undergone a total laryngectomy. A questionnaire bat...

    Julia Maclean, Susan Cotton, Alison Perry in Dysphagia (2009)

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    Post-Laryngectomy: It’s Hard to Swallow

    The prevalence of swallowing disorders (dysphagia) following a total laryngectomy remains unknown, with estimates varying from 17 to 70%. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and nat...

    Julia Maclean, Susan Cotton, Alison Perry in Dysphagia (2009)