Quality of life improves with return of voice in tracheostomy patients in intensive care: An observational study

AL Freeman-Sanderson, L Togher, MR Elkins… - … of Critical Care, 2016 - Elsevier
return of voice to the day of return of voice. If a participant had not completed the VASES on
the day before the return of voice… same day after the return of their voice, the next opportunity …

Return of voice for ventilated tracheostomy patients in ICU: a randomized controlled trial of early-targeted intervention

AL Freeman-Sanderson, L Togher, MR Elkins… - Critical Care …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
… Participants were recruited from the intensive care department, which has 52 beds
including … cuff as decided by the treating intensive care specialist. Patients with bulbar palsy, …

Quality of life improves for tracheostomy patients with return of voice: a mixed methods evaluation of the patient experience across the care continuum

AL Freeman-Sanderson, L Togher, M Elkins… - Intensive and Critical …, 2018 - Elsevier
… and quality of life in the care continuum from the intensive care unit to after decannulation
has … Early communication rehabilitation is vital in the intensive care unit, as loss of voice from …

Benefits and options for voice restoration in mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients with a tracheostomy

S Wallace, S McGowan, AL Sutt - … of the Intensive Care …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
… ’s own voice can be restored. Common barriers to using different techniques and potential
solutions are explored. We therefore hope that this will encourage intensive carevoice return. …

Communication with patients in intensive care units: a scoping review

MMW Karlsen, MA Ølnes, LG Heyn - Nursing in critical care, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… of intubated medical intensive care unit patients who use electronic voice output …
barriers may affect the patients' recovery, and a return of voice often improves quality of care

Giving voice: nurse-patient communication in the intensive care unit

MB Happ - American Journal of Critical Care, 2021 - AACN
… assisting awake but communication-impaired patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) to
communicate have been … A sense of personhood was restored once the patient’s voice returned. …

Electronic voice-output communication aids for temporarily nonspeaking patients in a medical intensive care unit: a feasibility study

MB Happ, TK Roesch, K Garrett - Heart & Lung, 2004 - Elsevier
… Alternative methods of communicating with temporarily nonspeaking patients in the intensive
care unit (ICU) have received little study. Although electronic voice output communication …

Listening to the voiceless patient: case reports in assisted communication in the intensive care unit

JV Radtke, BM Baumann, KL Garrett… - Journal of palliative …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
… prolonged mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unitCrit Care Med200230746752. 3.
… an intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2002; 30:746–752. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar …

The feasibility, utility, and safety of communication interventions with mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients: a systematic review

CJ Zaga, S Berney, AP Vogel - American Journal of Speech-Language …, 2019 - ASHA
Purpose The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature relating to
the feasibility, utility, and safety of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) …

Communication success and speaking valve use in intensive care patients receiving mechanical ventilation

AL Sutt, PL Cornwell, K Hay, JF Fraser, L Rose - … Journal of Critical Care, 2022 - AACN
… When patients are receiving mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU) and
cannot use their voice, communication can be challenging for the patients as well as their …