Sense of Effort and Articulatory Contact Pressure Associated with Talking by Individuals Using Tracheoesophageal Speech

Conclusions: The effort ratings suggest adults with functional TES experience talking as more effortful than adults with a larynx. Some increased effort was focused in the voice production process, but regions outside of voicing were also implicated.Folia Phoniatr Logop
Source: Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research