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[Olfaction in laryngectomized patients: effect of the phonatory prosthesis]
M Armengot1, J Marco Algarra, M Ruiz Franco
1Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Servicio de Otorrinolaringologia.
Anales Otorrinolaringologicos Ibero-Americanos
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
We have studied olfaction in 20 laryngectomies, only 10 of which were supplied with phonatory prosthesis. We conclude that patients without prosthesis show a higher threshold for perception of pure olfactory stimulants, whereas in those provided with the prosthesis the pure olfactory threshold remains within normal values.