Module 9 Quiz

Head and neck cancers account for approximately

3% of all cancers in the United States

CT scans have identified that a tumor has invaded the thyroid gland and involved multiple lymph nodes. This cancer would be described as:

T4, N3

preoperative laryngectomy counseling should include: -include the patient and his or her family, and provide contact with an experienced laryngectomee mentor -provide illustrations and films about the respiration, phonation, and swallowing changes post-surgery -provide all postlaryngectomy communication options -all of the above

all of the above

All of the following are important factors in the choice of a voice restoration method for Don except:

ambulatory status

the laryngectomy has general communication options after surgery, which include

esophageal speech, tracheoesophageal speech and the electrolarynx

Research has found that esophageal speech is easy to learn and use by most laryngectomees: true or false

false

what is the long-term side effect of radiation therapy?

fibrosis of soft tissue

The PE segment

is highly variable in location, length, shape and tone among individuals

esophageal speech

is less frequent since the development of TEP

in the advanced stage of the cancer, the gold standard for intervention is:

laryngectomy

an indwelling prosthesis used for tracheoesophageal speech

must be replaces after a period of months by an SLP, nurse or physician in an outpatient setting

in tumor staging, N0 refers to

no spread to the neck lymph nodes

counseling with respect to the breathing and speech changes with total laryngectomy should be

offered presurgically and include written and video illustrations of the changes that occur in the speech mechanism and alaryngeal communication options

tracheoesophageal puncture

requires careful consideration of the risk factors and success by the SLP, physician and patient

the post-laryngectomy communication option that does not require air pressure through the PE segment is

the artificial larynx

in a total laryngectomy

the entire larynx is removed

The T in TNM stands for

tumor