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OLFACTION REHABILITATION AFTER TOTAL LARYNGECTOMY MANUAL FOR LARYNGECTOMIZED INDIVIDUALSYour laryngectomy has resulted in several major physical changes, most prominently regarding voicing and breathing. But also the sense of smell is not as it used to be and detecting odors has become more troublesome for you since your surgery. Your SLP already might have explained some of the issues regarding the sense of smell and how to recover that using the “polite-yawning technique” (in the medical literature also called the “Nasal Airflow Inducing Maneuver” or “NAIM”). This manual adds further clarification about this form of rehabilitation, and thereby, might make its acquisition somewhat easier for you.For further clarification the text of this manual has been complemented with several videos. The laryngectomized individuals in these videos already have mastered the polite yawning technique. They talk about the acquisition of that and show how smelling exactly is accomplished by them. Hopefully this helps you to improve your sense of smell, as well.© NKI-AvL The authors grant permission after proper notification and acknowledgment (kno@nki.nl) to copy and use the de texts and (without editing) the videos in this digital for patient care, education, and research.