1996 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 115-119
Articulatory movement patterns were studied by videofluoroscopy. The subjects consisted of seven male and three female tongue cancer patients. They underwent various degree of surgical resection and immediate reconstruction. Seven patients had a rectus abdominis musculocutaneous free flap, two had a radial forearm free flap, and one had a pectoralis major musculocutaneous flap.
The type of compensatory articulation patterns of /k/ was classified into four groups as follows: Pharyngeal stop, insufficient elevation of the soft palate, lingua palatal contact, and coordinate movement of the tongue and larynx and hard palate.
Speech intelligibility after glossectomy was thought to improve by speech therapy with compensatory articulation.
