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esophageal speech
(redirected from Esophageal voice)

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speech (spēch) the expression of thoughts and ideas by vocal sounds.
esophageal speech  that produced by vibration of the column of air in the esophagus against the contracting cricopharyngeal sphincter; used after laryngectomy.
explosive speech  speech uttered with more force than necessary.
mirror speech  a speech abnormality in which the order of syllables in a sentence is reversed.
pressured speech  logorrhea.
scanning speech  that in which syllables of words are separated by noticeable pauses.
staccato speech  that in which each syllable is uttered separately.
telegraphic speech  that consisting of only certain prominent words and lacking articles, modifiers, and other ancillary words, a form of agrammaticism in other than young children.

esophageal speech
n.
A technique for speaking after total laryngectomy involving the swallowing of air and its subsequent expulsion to produce a vibration in the hypopharynx.

esophageal speech.


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At that time, esophageal voice production was being heavily promoted as the ultimate means by which postlaryngectomy patients could achieve a functional voice.
 
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