Abstract
Patients who have undergone wide resection of the tongue for carcinoma meet problems of postoperative speech disturbance and rehabilitation. The subjective cases were disturbed in speaking vowels produced by the lips that are deeply concerned with the shape and position of the tongue, especially [u] and [e], and in uttering consonants that require contact of the tongue with the palate, teeth and gingiva. The degree of speech disturbance was influenced by difficulty of swallowing, mobility of the palatine and lips, and changes in shape of the oral cavity. Postoperative rehabilitation of language disorder is a hard and slow training, which request therapists to treat patients with love, tenderness and comprehension.
