Prospective analysis of functional swallowing outcome after resection of T2 glottic carcinoma using transoral laser surgery and external vertical hemilaryngectomy.

56 patients affected by T2 glottic carcinoma were treated in two institutes using transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) in 40 cases and vertical hemilaryngectomy in 16 cases between September 2012 and September 2015. In the TLM group, different subtypes of type V cordectomy were used according to the extent of tumor. In the vertical hemilaryngectomy group, classical operation was used in most of the cases and the resection was extended in few cases.

Screening for auditory processing performance in primary school children.

Background: A deficit in the processing of auditory information may underlie problems in understanding speech in the presence of background noise, degraded speech, and in following spoken instructions. Children with auditory processing disorders are challenged in the classroom because of ambient noise levels and maybe at risk for learning disabilities.

Purpose: 1) Set up and execute screening protocol for auditory processing performance (APP) in primary school children.

Early voice therapy in patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis.

Objective: The purpose of this work was to study the efficacy of early voice therapy in the management of patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis.

Patients And Methods: Three groups of patients suffering from unilateral vocal fold paralysis were subjected to a protocol of voice evaluation including auditory-perceptual voice analysis, the Dysphonia Severity Index (DSI) and the 20-item Voice Problem Self-Assessment Scale (VPSS-20). Patients were also examined using video laryngostroboscopy.

The relationship between subjective self-rating and objective voice assessment measures.

Introduction: Comprehensive protocols of voice disorders have to consist of both subjective and objective tools to study vocal performance. Comparing subjective to objective measures is essential to determine their usefulness in assessing dysphonia.

Aim: The aim of the study is to study the correlation of objective voice measures and the patient's subjective self-rating assessment.

Developing an articulation test for Arabic-speaking school-age children.

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop an Arabic articulation test using familiar and visually transparent words in order to be used as a criterion for comparing phonemes of both normal and phonologically disordered Arabic-speaking children.

Material And Methods: A picture-naming test was designed for the Mansoura Arabic Articulation Test (MAAT) to elicit spontaneous single-word responses representing all possible consonant positions and vowels of Colloquial Egyptian Arabic. Three expert phoniatricians were asked to review MAAT and complete a questionnaire.