Evaluation of Selected Speech Parameters after Prosthesis Supply in Patients with Maxillary or Mandibular Defects
Author(s) -
Rainer Müller,
Andreas Höhlein,
Annette Wolf,
J. Markwardt,
Matthias C. Schulz,
Ursula Range,
Bernd Reitemeier
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
oncology research and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 2296-5262
pISSN - 2296-5270
DOI - 10.1159/000355154
Subject(s) - medicine , intelligibility (philosophy) , resection , ablative case , prosthesis , audiology , surgery , radiation therapy , philosophy , epistemology
Ablative surgery of oropharyngeal tumors frequently leads to defects in the speech organs, resulting in impairment of speech up to the point of unintelligibility. The aim of the present study was the assessment of selected parameters of speech with and without resection prostheses.
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