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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: Voice restoration following total laryngectomy by tracheoesophageal prosthesis: Effect on patients' quality of life and voice handicap in Jordan | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Open Access Voice restoration following total laryngectomy by tracheoesophageal prosthesis Effect on patients quality of life and voice handicap in Jordan Abdelrahim Y Attieh 1 Jeff Searl2 Nada H Shahaltough3 Mahmoud M Wreikat4 and Donna S Lundy5 Address 1Speech Rehabilitation Department Royal Rehabilitation Center King Hussein Medical Center Amman Jordan 2Department of Hearing and Speech University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas USA 3Department of Otolaryngology King Hussein medical Center Amman Jordan 4Department of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Royal Rehabilitation Center Director Amman Jordan and 5Department of Otolaryngology University of Miami School of Medicine Florida USA Email Abdelrahim Y Attieh - abdelrahimattieh@yahoo.com Jeff Searl - jsearl@kumc.edu Nada H Shahaltough - nadashahaltough@yahoo.com Mahmoud M Wreikat - wreikatmm@yahoo.com Donna S Lundy-dlundy@med.miami.edu Corresponding author Published 28 March 2008 Received 5 October 2007 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008 6 26 doi 10.1186 1477-7525-6-26 Accepted 28 March 2008 This article is available from http www.hqlo.cOm content 6 1 26 2008 Attieh et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Little has been reported about the impact of tracheoesophageal TE speech on individuals in the Middle East where the procedure has been gaining in popularity. After total laryngectomy individuals in Europe and North America have rated their quality of life as being lower than non-laryngectomized individuals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in quality of life and degree of voice handicap reported by laryngectomized speakers from Jordan before and after establishment of
