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Knowles, Thea; Adams, Scott G.; Page, Allyson; Cushnie-Sparrow, Daryn; Jog, Mandar – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: This study compared the performance of three amplification devices hypothesized to improve speech communication in individuals with hypophonia (HP), as well as to identify individuals' device preferences. Method: Twenty-two individuals with HP and their primary communication partners participated in a cross-over design study comparing…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Speech Impairments, Speech Communication, Outcomes of Treatment
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Laaksonen, Juha-Pertti; Rieger, Jana; Harris, Jeffrey; Seikaly, Hadi – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
Acoustic properties of 980 tokens of sibilants /s, z, [approximately]/ produced by 17 Canadian English-speaking female and male tongue cancer patients were studied. The patients had undergone tongue resection and tongue reconstruction with a radial forearm free flap (RFFF). The spectral moments (mean, skewness) and frication duration were analysed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Articulation (Speech), Patients, Cancer
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Laaksonen, Juha-Pertti; Rieger, Jana; Happonen, Risto-Pekka; Harris, Jeffrey; Seikaly, Hadi – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2010
The purpose of this study was to use acoustic analyses to describe speech outcomes over the course of 1 year after radial forearm free flap (RFFF) reconstruction of the tongue. Eighteen Canadian English-speaking females and males with reconstruction for oral cancer had speech samples recorded (pre-operative, and 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Language Pathology, Patients, Cancer