TY - JOUR
T1 - Obturator prostheses after cancer surgery
T2 - an approach to speech outcome assessment.
AU - Mahanna, G. K.
AU - Beukelman, D. R.
AU - Marshall, J. A.
AU - Gaebler, C. A.
AU - Sullivan, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funded in part by Grant Number 96-08B from the Nebraska Department of Health awarded to the Meyer Rehabilitation Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and the Barkley Trust awarded to the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
PY - 1998/3
Y1 - 1998/3
N2 - PURPOSE: This article describes a speech assessment protocol for patients using either obturator prostheses or speech aid prostheses for surgically acquired defects due to cancer of the maxilla and/or soft palate. METHODS: This protocol is structured according to the executive summary of "Disability in America: Toward a National Agenda For Prevention" a report formulated by the Institute of Medicine that describes four levels of disorder: (1) pathology, (2) impairment, (3) functional limitation, and (4) disability. Assessment instruments included (1) the Sentence Intelligibility Test to measure the rate and understandability of speech, (2) a speech physiology system to measure appropriate separation of the nasal/nasopharyngeal and oral compartments, (3) a 13-point interval scale to rate speech nasality, and (4) a scale to rate self-perceptions of communication effectiveness. RESULTS: The results from two patients are reported to illustrate the outcome assessment protocol.
AB - PURPOSE: This article describes a speech assessment protocol for patients using either obturator prostheses or speech aid prostheses for surgically acquired defects due to cancer of the maxilla and/or soft palate. METHODS: This protocol is structured according to the executive summary of "Disability in America: Toward a National Agenda For Prevention" a report formulated by the Institute of Medicine that describes four levels of disorder: (1) pathology, (2) impairment, (3) functional limitation, and (4) disability. Assessment instruments included (1) the Sentence Intelligibility Test to measure the rate and understandability of speech, (2) a speech physiology system to measure appropriate separation of the nasal/nasopharyngeal and oral compartments, (3) a 13-point interval scale to rate speech nasality, and (4) a scale to rate self-perceptions of communication effectiveness. RESULTS: The results from two patients are reported to illustrate the outcome assessment protocol.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-3913(98)70243-4
DO - 10.1016/S0022-3913(98)70243-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 9553885
AN - SCOPUS:0032018505
SN - 0022-3913
VL - 79
SP - 310
EP - 316
JO - The Journal of prosthetic dentistry
JF - The Journal of prosthetic dentistry
IS - 3
ER -