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- Title
Description of a team approach to the rehabilitation of the laryngectomized speaker.
- Authors
HOOPS, H. Ray; Clarke, Wayne M.; Martin, Daniel E.
- Abstract
This article describes the multi-disciplinary approach to rehabilitation of the laryngectomee followed by the Michigan Cancer Foundation-Wayne State University Laryngectomee Clinic. The program serves a patient population in excess of 100 each year in a total rehabilitation paradigm. The rehabilitation effort centers around an intensive speech rehabilitation program encompassing as much as 10 hours of speech therapy per week. This effort is supplemented by a professional staff including a psychologist, social work staff, audiologist, public health nurse, vocational rehabilitation specialist, and a trained laryngectomized esophageal speech teacher. The contribution of each member of the team and the benefits of a unified approach are described.
- Publication
Laryngoscope, 1975, Vol 85, Issue 3, p559
- ISSN
0023-852X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1288/00005537-197503000-00014