[Functional evaluation of intraoral reconstructive surgery. A valuable tool: articulatory evaluation of the acoustic signal].
Functional tests are needed to assess the quality of reconstructive surgery after treatment of intraoral cancers. Quality of Life tests are subjective and Cinefluoroscopy is a demanding and non-comparative procedure. We develop here a method to test the capacity of patients to maximize use of their articulatory space. We recorded a corpus of sounds. These sounds were analyzed with classical signal processing procedures. By comparison with a non-distorded sound database, it was possible to evaluate speech disorders, localize the defect, and provide a guide for rehabilitation. This method is an objective, reproductible, and comparative measurement tool.
Lebeau
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J
Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale, CHU de Grenoble. JLebeau@chu-grenoble.fr
Savariaux
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C
Perrier
P
P
Bettega
G
G
Raphaël
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B
D015331:Cohort Studies; D019992:Databases as Topic; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth / Q000502:physiology*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010700:Phonetics; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013068:Speech Production Measurement
Evaluation fonctionnelle des reconstructions endobuccales. Un outil intéressant: l'interprétation articulatoire du signal acoustique.