Supracricoid laryngectomy and dysphagia: A systematic literature review.

Objectives/hypothesis: Perform a systematic literature search to provide an overview of today's literature regarding the different aspects that can cause dysphagia after supracricoid laryngectomy.

Study Design: A systematic literature review.

Review Methods: The inclusion criteria were laryngeal cancer, supracricoid laryngectomy, and swallowing.

Speech perception after early-life otitis media with fluctuating hearing loss.

The present study examined the effect of early-life otitis media and its associated fluctuating hearing loss on categorical speech perception in 7-year-old Dutch children. The middle ear status of these children had been followed prospectively in their first 2 years of life. Identification and discrimination of speech sounds differing in place of articulation were tested at school age and outcomes were significantly related to otitis media-related hearing loss.

Long-term effects of early-life otitis media on language development.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to examine the long-term consequences of early-life otitis media (OM) and the associated hearing loss (HL) on language skills of school-aged children.

Method: In a prospective study, the middle-ear status of 65 Dutch healthy-born children was documented every 3 months during their first 2 years of life; language comprehension and production were evaluated at 27 months and again at 7 years.

Results: The positive relation that was found between OM-related HL and language development at 27 months could no longer be discerned at school age.

Maximum phonation time: variability and reliability.

The objective of the study was to determine maximum phonation time reliability as a function of the number of trials, days, and raters in dysphonic and control subjects. Two groups of adult subjects participated in this reliability study: a group of outpatients with functional or organic dysphonia versus a group of healthy control subjects matched by age and gender. Over a period of maximally 6 weeks, three video recordings were made of five subjects' maximum phonation time trials.