BASLP 5th Semester Notes  » Paper 1: Structural Anomalies and Speech Disorders

Unit 1: Management of Speech and Communication in Laryngectomies

• Esophageal speech: candidacy, types of air intake procedures, speech characteristics and its modification through techniques and strategies, complications and contraindications.
• Tracheo-esophageal speech: candidacy, types of TEP, fitting of prosthesis, speech characteristics and its modification through techniques and strategies, complications and contraindications.
• Artificial larynx: types, factors for selection, output characteristics, techniques for efficient use of artificial larynx, complications and contraindications.
• Other remedial procedures: Pharyngeal speech, buccal speech, ASAI speech, gastric speech.