[Changes in the life of laryngectomees - an empirical study (author's transl)]. / Veränderungen im Leben laryngektomierter - Eine empirische Studie.

The study tries to answer the question which changes are experienced by laryngectomised persons in the various spheres of their life, and how these are coped with. Twenty former patients of Insel Hospital of Bern, switzerland, who had undergone laryngectomy between 12 months and 27 years ago, were covered (questionnaire, personal interview). The results revealed that many of the changes found - nearly without exception limitations in former activities and restrictions of social contacts - do by no means constitute inevitable repercussions of the postoperative condition. As a consequence of the findings of the study, perspectives are outlined aimed at avoiding this deterioration in the quality of life.

[Emancipatory rehabilitation in logopedics (author's transl)]. / Emanzipatorische Rehabilitation in der Logopädie.

The authors tries to answer the question whether logopedical rehabilitation in its present form meets the requirements of its object, i.e., the speech impaired individual as seen from the perspective of prevention or reduction of his social and vocational disadvantages resulting from the language disorder. Against the background of society's "deficiency -- classification-attitude" towards the speech impaired, logopedical rehabilitation should enhance more intensively the emancipation of the speech deviant individual. The study of the practical realization of this requirement demonstrates that logopedics -- still considerably influenced by medical conceptual models -- which is understandable both historically and socially, has not made steps towards emancipatory rehabilitation. Prospects and approaches towards emancipatory rehabilitation resulting in an improvement of the speech disorder are demonstrated.