Speech Outcomes in Patients Rehabilitated with Maxillary Obturator Prostheses after Maxillectomy: A Prospective Study

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-144

  Rieger, Jana ^a,b,c   Wolfaardt, John ^a,c   Seikaly, Hadi ^a,c   Jha, Naresh ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Speech Language Pathology   (Canada)

^c Misericordia Community Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATAL OBTURATORS; PALATE, HARD; PALATE, SOFT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0036515777     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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