Publications by authors named "Sadamu Takayasu"
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated the Provox2 voice prosthesis's effectiveness in helping patients restore speech after total laryngectomy, using data from 32 patients between 2000 and 2004.
- A high speech restoration rate of 90.6% was achieved with the prosthesis, and the average maximum phonation time (MPT) was 15.1 seconds, unaffected by factors like age or surgery type.
- Results indicated that the Provox2 not only provided better speech outcomes compared to other methods but also had varying lifetimes based on patient type, affirming its utility in voice rehabilitation.
The odor stick identification test (OSIT) is a new test of olfactory function recently developed for Japanese people. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate this test in relation to T&T olfactometry and the cross-cultural smell identification test (CC-SIT) by applying to 110 Japanese patients with olfactory disturbance. The averaged recognition thresholds for five odorants in T&T olfactometry, the number of correct answers in the CC-SIT and the rates of identification of 13 odorants in the OSIT were compared.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We have observed that, in cases of smell loss, patients often complain of taste loss as well even though they actually have normal gustatory acuity according to gustatory tests; we have defined such symptoms as "flavor disturbance". The clinical features of flavor disturbance are reported in this paper.
Material And Methods: A total of 297 patients (99 males, 198 females; mean age 55.
Objective: There are few reports about following up olfactory acuity of the patients who have post-traumatic olfactory dysfunction. In this study, we studied about patients with post-traumatic olfactory dysfunction for a short period under a treatment.
Methods: The olfactory function of 27 patients with head trauma was studied.