Associated Factors With the Prosthetic Vocal Rehabilitation Outcome in Older Patients (Over 70 Years).

Introduction: Tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP) with voice prosthesis (VP) is considered the gold standard in vocal rehabilitation of total laryngectomized patients, for generating better speech intelligibility and good vocal result. The aspects of aging that may be related to the success of this method of rehabilitation are rarely discussed in the literature.

Objective: To describe the factors that influence the rehabilitation outcome of the total laryngectomized older patients with voice prosthesis.