Evaluation the usefulness of speech rehabilitation program for maxillectomy defect patients.

本文研究了上颌切除术后使用上颌闭孔假体的2例患者（1男1女）。对使用言语器具的言语康复方案的有效性进行了评价。男性为康复期患者，女性为慢性期患者。使用语音清晰度测试和Nasalance评分评估语言康复计划的有效性。康复后使用言语器具的男性被试的言语清晰度和纳斯朗斯得分显著高于其他条件下的男性被试。另一方面，女性被试在使用闭孔器和语音器具的情况下，言语可理解性测验和纳斯朗斯测验的得分无显著差异。这些结果表明，使用言语器具的言语康复方案对处于康复期的患者是有益的

Two patients (one female and one male) with maxillary obturator prostheses after maxillectomy were participated in this study. The speech rehabilitation program with speech appliance was evaluated the usefulness. The male subject was a patient of the rehabilitation stage and the female was a patient of the chronic stage. The usefulness of the speech rehabilitation program was evaluated using the speech intelligibility test, and Nasalance score. The score of speech intelligibility test and Nasalance with speech appliance after rehabilitation program was significantly higher than that with other conditions in the male subject. On the other hand, there was no significant difference between the score of speech intelligibility test and Nasalance with obturater and with speech appliance in female subject. These results suggested that the speech rehabilitation program with speech appliance was useful for the patient of the rehabilitation period