Congratulations to Kammy Hiu Fung Chan – a PhD student in the Faculty of Education – for receiving the Fulbright-RGC Hong Kong Research Scholar Award 2019-20 to conduct research in the United States on the topic “Evaluation of Speech-Specific Quality of Life and Analysis of Risk Factors in Patients after Total Laryngectomy Based on Subjective and Objective Outcomes”. She will undertake her research in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco under the supervision of Ms Sarah L. Schneider. Kammy’s research aims to identify the factors impacting proficient communication with alaryngeal speech in Cantonese-speaking patients after total laryngectomy. Specifically, she aims to find out how different types of alaryngeal speech affect quality of life.The Fulbright-RGC Hong Kong Research Scholar Award programme was launched by the Research Grants Council (RGC) in collaboration with the US Consulate General in Hong Kong, supported by commercial donors solicited by the Hong Kong-America Center, to enable doctoral candidates in Hong Kong to conduct their dissertations in elite institutions in the US.

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