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Speech and swallowing function might be affected directly by the treatment of cancer involving the oral structures. The primary goal of speech and swallowing rehabilitation in oral cancer patients is to optimize the potential for communication and eating as soon as possible. To reach this goal, treatment considerations need to focus on the ability to achieve complete tumor removal while minimizing the amount of functional deficit.
Changes in speech and swallow mechanism are common after ablative surgery and reconstruction of the oral structures. In addition, complications from reconstruction may adversely affect speech and swallowing.
This chapter focuses on articulation and resonance that are most frequently affected by treatment of oral cancer. Management of articulatory deficits and abnormal resonance is introduced in this chapter. Evaluation of speech in oral cancer patients is also introduced.
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Takahashi, K. (2015). Management of Speech Disorders Following Treatment for Oral Cancer. In: Kirita, T., Omura, K. (eds) Oral Cancer. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54938-3_16
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