Speech intelligibility following maxillectomy with and without a prosthesis: An analysis of 54 cases

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-158

  Umino, S ^a,c   Masuda, G ^b   Ono, S ^a   Fujita, K ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yokohama Kowan Hospital   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE SEPTUM; PALATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TEMPORAL BONE; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL SEPTUM; NOSE DISEASES; ORAL FISTULA; PALATAL OBTURATORS; PALATE; PALATE, SOFT; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0031993691     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.1998.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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