2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Rehabilitation for swallowing disorder after treatment of pharyngeal cancer

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23592528
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Otorhinolaryngology
Research Institution	Kobe University
Principal Investigator	SAITO Miki 神戸大学, 医学部附属病院, 講師 (30335442)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	NIBU Kenichi 神戸大学, 医学研究科, 教授 (20251283) OTSUKI Naoki 神戸大学, 医学研究科, 准教授 (40343264) YONEZAWA Kouichirou 神戸大学, 医学部附属病院, 医員 (20533714)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	嚥下障害 / 嚥下圧 / Vocal Function Exercise / リハビリテーション
Research Abstract	Aged persons, who complained of suffocated by water, are subjected to this study. The subjects are ordered to execute vocal function exercise for 8 week. Questionnaire about their swallowing function, fiberoptic examination, stroboscopy, aerodynamic study and acoustic study are performed before the vocal function exercise. After this vocal rehabilitation, swallowing function and vocal function are evaluated. Though fiberoptic findings and stroboscopic findings show now change before and after the rehabilitation, acoustic study and aerodynamic study show improvement of their vocal function. According to the questionnaire, frequency of the cough during their meal decreased. As the vocal function exercise is very simple rehabilitation and easy to continue, even the aged persons can carry out easily.

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