Consideration of factors affecting the esophagus in the shunt speech patients

• Project/Area Number: 26861888
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Tottori University
• Principal Investigator: MIYOSHI Masayuki 鳥取大学, 医学部, 助教 (60632966)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: シャント発声 / ボイスプロテーゼ / QOL / 音声分析 / 気管－食道シャント発声 / Quality Of Life / 発声機能 / 食道内環境

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The use of tracheoesophageal speech with voice prosthesis (T-E speech) after total laryngectomy has increased recently as a method of vocalization following laryngeal cancer.This study aimed to demonstrate the relationship between phonatory function and both comprehensive health-related QOL and QOL related to speech in people using T-E speech.
QOL questionnaires and phonatory function tests showed that, in people using T-E speech after total laryngectomy, voice intensity was correlated with comprehensive QOL, including physical and mental health. This nding suggests that voice intensity can be used as a per- formance index for speech rehabilitation.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Relationship between quality of life instruments and phonatory function in tracheoesophageal speech with voice prosthesis (2016)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Miyoshi, Takahiro Fukuhara, Hideyuki Kataoka, Hiroshi Hagino
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Clinical Oncology Volume: 21 Issue: 2 Pages: 402-408
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10147-015-0886-4
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Post-laryngectomy voice re habilitation with a voice prosthesis in a young girl with advanced thyroid cancer (2016)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Fukuhara, Masayuki Miyoshi, Taihei Fujii, Naritomo Miyake, Kenkichiro Taira, Satoshi Koyama, Daizo Taguchi, Kazunori Fujiwara, Hideyuki Kataoka, Hiroya Kitano, Hiromi Takeuchi
  • Journal Title: Auris Nasus Larynx Volume: 未印刷 Issue: 5 Pages: 579-583
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2016.02.009
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Relationship between quality of life instruments and phonatory function in tracheoesophageal speech with voice prosthesis in males (2015)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Miyoshi, Takahiro Fukuhara, Hideyuki Kataoka
  • Organizer: Pan-European Voice Conference
  • Place of Presentation: フィレンツェ（イタリア）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-01
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Relationship between quality of life instruments and phonatory function in tracheoesophageal speech with voice prosthesis in males (2015)
  • Author(s): Masayuki MIyoshi, Takahiro Fukuhara, Hideyuki Kataoka
  • Organizer: Pan-Europian Voice Conference
  • Place of Presentation: フィレンツェ（イタリア）
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-31 – 2015-09-02
• [Presentation] Comparison of voice restration after total laryngectomy in Japan and Netherlands (2015)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Miyoshi, Takahiro Fukuhara, Hideyuki Kataoka, Hiroya Kitano
  • Organizer: The Joint Meeting of 4th Congress of Asian Society of Head and Neck Oncology & 39th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Head and Neck Cancer
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸国際会議場（兵庫県神戸市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-04
  • Int'l Joint Research