Analysis of formant frequencies in patients with oral or oropharyngeal cancers treated by glossectomy

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 521-532

  Kazi, Rehan ^a,b   Prasad, Vyas M N ^a   Kanagalingam, Jeeve ^a   Georgalas, Christos ^a   Venkitaraman, Ramachandran ^a   Nutting, Christopher M ^a   Clarke, Peter ^a   Rhys Evans, Peter ^a   Harrington, Kevin J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formant frequencies; LPC; Partial glossectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; LARYNGOGRAPHY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TONGUE; VOICE; VOWEL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 34548317137     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820601056566     Document Type: Article

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