Background Esophageal speech (ES), tracheoesophageal speech (TES) and/or
electrolarynx speech (ELS) are three speech rehabilitation methods which are commonly …

Persons who have lost their larynx and thus speech functionality need to use a substitution
voice to regain speech. The electro-larynx (EL) is a widely used device but is known for its …

Background: Successful speech rehabilitation has a great impact on the quality of life in
totally laryngectomized patients. Objectives: The aim of this paper was to compare the self …

The use of the tracheoesophageal (TE) silicone rubber voice prosthesis is the most effective
and well-established procedure to restore the voice in patients after laryngectomy. The …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to correlate several instruments currently used for the
assessment of the quality of life of patients who underwent total laryngectomy and speech …

This paper introduces a data augmentation technique for alaryngeal speech using voice
conversion within the MaskCycleGAN-VC framework [6]. Our method leverages two masking …

Introduction Laryngeal cancer is the most frequent cancer in the head and neck area.
Approximately one third of patients are treated by total laryngectomy (TL). The rate of the …

Our researches show a warning fact that some patients after laryngectomy mention the same
level of communication problems at offices and health centres of different specialities than …

Background: Head and neck cancer is one of the major cancer burdens in Thailand and
Southeast Asia. Most patients with laryngeal cancer present at an advanced stage and …

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of heat and moisture exchanger use
on everyday problems and quality of life aspects in laryngectomized patients. Methods …