Patterns of alaryngeal voice adoption and predictive factors of vocal rehabilitation failure following total laryngectomy.
Vivianne LandryApostolos ChristopoulosLouis GuertinEric BissadaPaul TabetIlyes BeraniaÉmilie Royal-LajeunesseMarie-Jo OlivierTareck AyadPublished in: Head & neck (2023)
Failure to adopt an alaryngeal voice following TL is highly prevalent, despite comprehensive and free speech language pathologist services being offered at our center. A low resort to TEP at our institution and a poor acceptability and accessibility of alternative VR methods may contribute to this trend. The challenges of VR may be further exacerbated by the barriers linked to a lower socioeconomic status, which in turn may contribute to reduced candidacy for TEP.