Communication for the Laryngectomized. Illustrated by Donna C. Bralley.
[1970] · Danville, Illinois
by Bralley, Ralph C. and Theresa F. Ormond.
Danville, Illinois: The Interstate Printers & Publishers, Inc., [1970]. Tall octavo; stapled, red illus. wrappers; 10 pp. Near-Fine. Charts of words and pictures for the hospital patient recently laryngectomized; includes such phrases as: suctioning, bedpan, adjust bed, shot, turn over, paper & pencil. ‘Often a post-laryngectomized individual, because of the extent of surgery, visual deficit, lack of facility with the written language or a combination of these, has great difficulty in expressing his needs and desires. These charts were designed to assist this type of patient in communicating during his post-operative period of hospitalization.’ (Inventory #: 4156s)