Assessment of voice, speech, and related quality of life in advanced head and neck cancer patients 10-years+ after chemoradiotherapy

Highlights • Impaired voice quality and speech are common sequels of HNC and its treatment. • At 10-years+ after CRT functional voice and speech problems still are considerable. • Swallowing and voice/speech problems are significantly correlated. • Automatic speech recognition confirms perceptual ev...

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Veröffentlicht in:Oral oncology 2016-04, Vol.55, p.24-30
Hauptverfasser: Kraaijenga, S.A.C, Oskam, I.M, van Son, R.J.J.H, Hamming-Vrieze, O, Hilgers, F.J.M, van den Brekel, M.W.M, van der Molen, L
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Impaired voice quality and speech are common sequels of HNC and its treatment. • At 10-years+ after CRT functional voice and speech problems still are considerable. • Swallowing and voice/speech problems are significantly correlated. • Automatic speech recognition confirms perceptual evaluation of voice and speech. • IMRT results in less voice and speech impairment than conventional radiotherapy.
ISSN:1368-8375
1879-0593
DOI:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2016.02.001