Essential Question:
"How can an artificial larynx restore a client’s voice after a laryngectomy?"

Foundation Questions:
1. Why is it important to try to restore a client’s voice after a laryngectomy?

2. What is an artificial larynx?

3. How does an artificial larynx work?

4. What are the benefits of an artificial larynx?

5. What type of clients are good candidates for an artificial larynx?

Essential Question:
"How do people perceive the speech produced by an artificial larynx?"

Foundation Questions:
1. What is an artificial larynx?

2. How do laryngectomees with artificial larynges see themselves?

4. How do clients with artificial larynges *think* society sees them?

5. Do clients alter their lifestyle because of the way they *think* society perceives them? If they do, how?

6. How are clients with artificial larynges really viewed by society?

Tentative Point:
An artificial larynx affects both the laryngectomee and society.

Tentative Genres:
Referral Letter - Doctor (Dr. Jones)
Journal Entries - Client (Barb)
Poem - Client (Barb)
Webliography - Clinician
Power Point - Clinician
Interview- with Client (Barb) & friend (Jan)

Integration of Genres:
Ok, I have changed this too! Instead of telling the story about a laryngectomee deciding on an artificial larynx, I now want to do it about society's influence on a laryngectomee and the affect a laryngectomee has on society. I plan on using the interview as the piece that ties everything together. I am hoping its going to be like a story and then the other genres are inserted specific places in the interview.

Tentative Resources:

Blood, Gordon W., & Dineen, Mary (1993). Perceived control, adjustment, and communication problems in laryngeal cancer survivors. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 77(3), 764-766. Retrieved July 12, 2002, from Academic Search Elite database.

Christensen, John M., & Dwyer, Patricia E. (1990). Improving Alaryngeal Speech Intelligibility. Journal of Communication Disorders, 23, 445-451. Retrieved July 12, 2002, from ERIC database.

Craven, Alison, & West, Robert (1987). Counselling and care of laryngectomees. British Journal of Disorders of Communication 22(3), 237-243. Retrieved July 15, 2002 from PsycINFO database.

Gleeson, Michael (1992). Voice after laryngectomy. British Medical Journal. 304(6818), 2-4. Retrived July 15, 2002 from PsycINFO database.

Lauder, Edmund (1970). The laryngectomee and the artificial larynx: A second look. Journal of Speech & Hearing Disorders 35(1), 62-65. Retreived July 15, 2002 from PsycINFO database.

Miralles, Jose L., & Cervera, Teresa (1995). Voice Intelligibility in patients who have undergone laryngectomies. Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, 38(3), 564-571. Retrieved July 12, 2002, from Academic Search Elite database.

Phelps, William R. (1973). Psychology of the laryngectomee. Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, 3, 60. Retrieved July 15, 2002, from PsycINFO database.

Salva, Caroline T., & Kallail, Ken J. (1989). An investigation of the counseling needs of male and female laryngectomees. Journal of Communication Disorders, 22, 291-304. Retrieved July 12, 2002, from ERIC database.

Smithwick, Lynn, Davis, Priscilla, Dancer, Jess, Hicks, Gretchen Spring, & Montague, Jim (2002). Female laryngectomees' satisfication with communication methods and speech-language pathologists. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 94(1), 204-206. Retrieved July 12, 2002, from Academic Search Elite database.

Xi, Shuxin, Thongchai, Chaweewan, Wankaew, Chanchai, & Xue, Wujun (2001). Body image and social support of patients who experienced total laryngectomy. Chinese Mental Health Journal, 15(3), 153-155. Retreived July 15, 2002 from PsychINFO database.

This week has been the best yet. A little update on the math saga... I got a 97% on our second exam. Needless to say, I am overjoyed. No gaurantee of an A though; I will have to do well on the final for that. Still, I can not complain. I have exceeded my expectations. On top of a good week in math, the assignments for this week were not too bad.

My main goals for this class this week were to get everything done by July 4th, except this blog, and to start thinking ahead about the MRP. I have done pretty well. I am still working on the prospectus, though.

The content this week, was mostly about researching and thinking ahead to our projects. A few of the assignments involved evaluating sources. I am glad that we did this because I learned a lot about credibility. Many of the articles and webpages on the web that I have come across do not give information about the author. I realized that anyone could have written the information on these sites!!

The most difficult part of the assignments this week was completing the prospectus. The MRP has been on my mind a lot lately. I am having trouble picking out points of view to use. I know two points of view; obviously the client and clinician, but I am struggling with the third. I have a few in mind, but I am going to have to think it through before I make a final decision.

This week has been a good one. The most important thing I have learned has been about evaluating sources. I know that I am going to be analyzing every webpage I come across from here on out...but, I think that was the point!

I have one question- The MRP directions say that there must be at least 3 points of views included. So I could maybe use 4 points of view?