title: Speech intelligibility following maxillectomy with and without a prosthesis: an analysis of 54 cases.
abstract: To statistically evaluate the factors that influenced speech following maxillectomy, the speech intelligibility (SI) in 54 patients was measured with and without a prosthesis. The mean SI score without a prosthesis in all patients was 35.7 +/- 22.7% and that with a prosthesis was 84.9 +/- 12.7%. The results of the postmaxillectomy SI statistical analysis revealed that an oro-nasal communication was one of the factors that influenced SI without a prosthesis. The resection of the anterior portion of the soft palate was one of the factors that influenced SI with a prosthesis, which suggested that for some of these patients we should consider specific surgical treatment, aimed at the reconstruction in the deep defect extending to the intratemporal fossa. A new classification of maxillary defects has been proposed which will help to predict the grade of post-maxillectomy speech disorder following surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Umino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017266:Dental Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016155:Oral Fistula / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D010159:Palate / Q000601:surgery; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000601:surgery; D016156:Respiratory Tract Fistula / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery