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(ISCA) Tutorial and Research Workshop on
Evidence-based Voice and Speech Rehabilitation
in Head & Neck Oncology
Amsterdam, May 15-16, 2008
Evidence-based Voice and Speech Rehabilitation is of increasing relevance in Head & Neck Oncology. The number of patients requiring treatment for cancer in the upper respiratory and vocal tract keeps rising. Moreover, treatment – whether
it concerns an “organ preservation protocol” or traditional surgery and radiotherapy – negatively impacts the function of organs vital for communication. A “function preservation treatment” does,
unfortunately, not yet exist. This workshop seeks to assemble the latest and most relevant knowledge on evidence-based voice and speech rehabilitation. Aside from the main topic (voice and speech rehabilitation after total laryngectomy), other areas, such as vocal issues in early-stage larynx carcinoma, and various stages of oral /
oropharyngeal carcinoma will be addressed.
The workshop comprises four topical sessions (see below). Each session includes two keynote lectures plus a round-table discussion and (maximally 10) poster presentations pertinent to the session’s topic. A work document, based on the keynote
lectures, will form the basis for each round-table discussion. This work document will contain all presently available research evidence, discuss its (clinical) relevance and will formulate
directions and areas of interest for future research. The keynote lectures, work documents and poster papers are to be compiled into Workshop Proceedings, and will be published under ISCA flag (website: www.isca-speech.org). It is our aim to make these Proceedings available at the workshop. This will result in a useful and traceable ‘State of the Art’ handbook/CD/web publication.
Prof. Dr. Frans JM Hilgers
Prof. Dr. Louis CW Pols
Dr. Maya van Rossum
Language
The official language of the workshop is English
Last update December 2, 2007
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