Speech intelligibility in patients with oral cancer
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Speech intelligibility in patients with oral cancer : An objective baseline evaluation of pretreatment function and impairment. / Stelzle, Florian; Oetter, Nicolai; Goellner, Luisa Theresa; Adler, Werner; Rohde, Maximilian; Maier, Andreas; Matthies, Levi; Kesting, Marco Rainer; Knipfer, Christian.
In: HEAD NECK-J SCI SPEC, Vol. 41, No. 4, 04.2019, p. 1063-1069.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Speech intelligibility in patients with oral cancer
T2 - An objective baseline evaluation of pretreatment function and impairment
AU - Stelzle, Florian
AU - Oetter, Nicolai
AU - Goellner, Luisa Theresa
AU - Adler, Werner
AU - Rohde, Maximilian
AU - Maier, Andreas
AU - Matthies, Levi
AU - Kesting, Marco Rainer
AU - Knipfer, Christian
N1 - © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - BACKGROUND: This study seeks to identify those factors that influence the pre-therapeutic speech intelligibility in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).METHOD: A group of 172 patients (125 males, 47 females, mean age = 61 ± 11 a) with different OSCC stages ranging from T1 to T4 and N0 to N2 was examined for their speech intelligibility using a computerized measuring tool, and compared to a healthy reference group (30 males, 10 females, mean age = 59 ± 12 a).RESULTS: It was found that the pre-therapeutic speech intelligibility in patients with OSCC is decreased when compared to a healthy collective. Two demographic factors that influence speech intelligibility could be identified: sex and age. It was determined that the only disease-related factor that influences speech intelligibility before therapy is the location of the tumor.CONCLUSION: The results of this study reveal that a preoperative speech intelligibility impairment in patients suffering from OSCC occurs independent of tumor stage, size of the tumor and infiltration status.
AB - BACKGROUND: This study seeks to identify those factors that influence the pre-therapeutic speech intelligibility in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).METHOD: A group of 172 patients (125 males, 47 females, mean age = 61 ± 11 a) with different OSCC stages ranging from T1 to T4 and N0 to N2 was examined for their speech intelligibility using a computerized measuring tool, and compared to a healthy reference group (30 males, 10 females, mean age = 59 ± 12 a).RESULTS: It was found that the pre-therapeutic speech intelligibility in patients with OSCC is decreased when compared to a healthy collective. Two demographic factors that influence speech intelligibility could be identified: sex and age. It was determined that the only disease-related factor that influences speech intelligibility before therapy is the location of the tumor.CONCLUSION: The results of this study reveal that a preoperative speech intelligibility impairment in patients suffering from OSCC occurs independent of tumor stage, size of the tumor and infiltration status.
U2 - 10.1002/hed.25527
DO - 10.1002/hed.25527
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 30801814
VL - 41
SP - 1063
EP - 1069
JO - HEAD NECK-J SCI SPEC
JF - HEAD NECK-J SCI SPEC
SN - 1043-3074
IS - 4
ER -