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Sparks, Freya; Dipper, Lucy; Coffey, Margaret; Hilari, Katerina – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: After total laryngectomy, surgical voice restoration is used to establish communication via tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis. Once voice is established, there is a paucity of information on what speech and language therapists (SLTs) should do to improve tracheoesophageal voice quality to ensure functional communication. No existing…
Descriptors: Voice Disorders, Rehabilitation, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel
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Louise C. Occomore-Kent; John C. Hardman; Justin W. G. Roe; Paula Bradley; Paul N. Carding; Joanne M. Patterson – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Over 200,000 patients are referred onto the suspected head and neck cancer (HNC) pathway annually in the UK, with around 3% receiving a cancer diagnosis. With new HNC advancements in identifying patients at low risk of a cancer diagnosis, one proposal is a speech and language therapy (SLT)-led first point of contact clinic for low-risk…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Therapy, Clinics