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Laryngectomy

Date: 23rd May 2014

Posted on: 23-05-2014

Laryngectomy means the removal of the larynx or voice box. A laryngectomee is a person who has had this essential and life saving operation – a challenge which thousands of people have met successfully.

Nowadays, in most cases, a Laryngectomee can start learning to speak again within a few days of recovering from the operation. Here the knowledge, care and training of the Speech and Language Therapists (SALTs) play a vital part in helping Laryngectomees gain a ‘new’ voice, using various methods that are deemed best for the individual, including a ‘voice-valve’, fitted between the oesophagus and the trachea.

Laryngectomy means the removal of the larynx or voice box. A laryngectomee is a person who has had this essential and life saving operation – a challenge which thousands of people have met successfully.

Nowadays, in most cases, a Laryngectomee can start learning to speak again within a few days of recovering from the operation. Here the knowledge, care and training of the Speech and Language Therapists (SALTs) play a vital part in helping Laryngectomees gain a ‘new’ voice, using various methods that are deemed best for the individual, including a ‘voice-valve’, fitted between the oesophagus and the trachea.

Laryngectomy means the removal of the larynx or voice box. A laryngectomee is a person who has had this essential and life saving operation – a challenge which thousands of people have met successfully.

Nowadays, in most cases, a Laryngectomee can start learning to speak again within a few days of recovering from the operation. Here the knowledge, care and training of the Speech and Language Therapists (SALTs) play a vital part in helping Laryngectomees gain a ‘new’ voice, using various methods that are deemed best for the individual, including a ‘voice-valve’, fitted between the oesophagus and the trachea.

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