Journal Reviews

Speech predictors after glossectomy

2 March 2022 | | ENTA-Head & Neck | classification, glossectomy, head and neck cancer, mouth neoplasms, speech intelligibility

This is a cross-sectional study from India where 69 patients were assessed for speech intelligibility and phonetics using an assessment tool in the local language. Volume defects were classified into thirds and the location of this defect noted. Not unsurprisingly,...

Hearing protectors and speech perception

1 May 2015 | | Hearing protection devices, learning effect, speech intelligibility, speech intelligibility impact level, speech reception threshold

This study tested 31 subjects using hearing protectors by maintaining a constant intensity level for the speech signal while varying background noise levels. The goal was to use this test to detect speech perceptual abilities under different hearing protectors –...