title: Patient Perception of Speech Outcomes: The Relationship Between Clinical Measures and Self-Perception of Speech Function Following Surgical Treatment for Oral Cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Treatment for oral cancer can result in speech impairments that can have varying impacts on patient quality of life. This study explored the relationship between clinical measures of speech impairment and the perception that patients had of this change in the early stage of recovery.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a quasi-experimental 1-group pre-post study design carried out on 10 patients with surgical intervention for oral cancer. Two clinical measures (word intelligibility and consonant phoneme error) and 2 patient-perception measures (Speech Handicap Index total score and Speech Handicap Index patient criteria score) were collected at preoperative and 1-month postoperative appointments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Qualitative analysis revealed discordance between clinical and patient-perceived measures in 4 of 10 patients. Change in consonant phoneme error and change in word intelligibility were significantly correlated (r = .827). Furthermore, on average, statistically significant relationships were not found between clinical and patient-perceived measures or between the 2 patient-perception measures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Discordance between clinical and patient-perceived measures was observed in almost half of the sample, indicating that clinical tests did not fully explain the extent of impairment perceived by patients. Speech outcomes should focus on both types of measures, and patient perception outcomes should be carefully considered when recommending speech therapy.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine, Misericordia Community Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Constantinescu
authors.affiliation: Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine, Misericordia Community Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rieger
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Marcy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winget
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paulsen
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seikaly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000416:Alberta; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010700:Phonetics; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012649:Self Concept; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014833:Voice Quality