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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.
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10) Another notable finding was reported by Recher et al, who demonstrated an excellent success rate (91%) among patients who underwent secondary TEP electively; these patients performed significantly better than a subgroup of patients who underwent secondary TEP after they had already failed to achieve esophageal speech (64%). In order to upgrade service quality, some members were selected and sponsored to receive esophageal speech training in Japan during the past few years. These include the development of esophageal speech, the use of a variety of electrolarynges (prosthetic, external vibratory sources), and/or speech with the aid of a prosthetic valve to more closely approximate original voice quality. |
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