Publications by authors named "S Meuret"

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  • A study referred to as SUPRATOL investigated the effects of transoral laser microsurgery for supraglottic laryngectomy, comparing its outcomes for swallowing and quality of life to traditional open surgery, revealing similar oncologic results but limited data on swallowing rehabilitation and QoL before this trial.
  • The trial included 102 patients across 26 hospitals in Germany, with the main goal of measuring aspiration-free swallowing after one year and exploring various related factors such as tracheostomy needs and overall survival.
  • Results showed high rates of aspiration-free swallowing at the 12-month mark, with a majority of patients still managing well with swallowing, although some required tracheostomy and PEG tube interventions, indicating mixed results on QoL
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Unlabelled: The European Larynx Organ Preservation Study (ELOS; NCT06137378) is a prospective, randomized, open-label, two-armed parallel group controlled, phase II multicenter larynx organ preservation (LOP) trial in locoregionally advanced (LA) stage III, IVA/B head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx or hypopharynx (LHSCC) amenable for total laryngectomy (TL) with PD-L1 expression within tumor tissue biopsy, calculated as CPS ≥ 1. Induction chemotherapy (IC) with docetaxel and cisplatin (TP) followed by radiation will be compared to TP plus PD-1 inhibition by pembrolizumab (MK-3475; 200 mg i.v.

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  • The study investigates the everyday challenges faced by cochlear implant (CI) users in German-speaking countries, highlighting a lack of specific coping strategies for difficult listening situations.
  • Researchers surveyed 56 CI users to gather data on their hearing abilities and the kinds of support they believe could help, focusing on various intervention categories.
  • Results indicate that all suggested intervention contents were considered important, with significant correlations found between the severity of hearing loss and the perceived relevance of different support aspects, leading to the development of a tailored self-help program for CI rehabilitation.
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Objective: Teachers are subject to exceptionally high vocal stress throughout their lives and have an increased prevalence of voice disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term efficiency of voice training in student teachers during their lifelong career as a teacher. In addition, we investigated the relationship between vocal aptitude tests and teachers' vocal health.

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Introduction: Spatial hearing is most accurate using both ears, but accuracy decreases in persons with asymmetrical hearing between ears. In participants with deafness in one ear but normal hearing in the other ear (single-sided deafness [SSD]), this difference can be compensated by a unilateral cochlear implant (CI). It has been shown that a CI can restore sound localization performance, but it is still unclear to what extent auditory spatial discrimination can be improved.

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