Speech evaluation with and without palatal obturator in patients submitted to maxillectomy

Journal of Applied Oral Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 421-426

  De Carvalho Teles, Viviane ^a,c   Pegoraro Krook, Maria Inês ^b   Lauris, José Roberto Pereira ^b  

^a Instituto do Cancer Dr Arnaldo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Fundação Oncocentro de São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypernasality; Maxillary neoplasm; Palatal obturator; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847031789     PISSN: 16787757     EISSN: 16787765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-77572006000600007     Document Type: Article

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