Intelligibilité de la parole après glossectomie totale et réhabilitation orthophonique précoce

F. Fauvet (1) , P. Schulz (1) , C. Debry (1) , Fabrice Hirsch (2) , Rudolph Sock (3)

1 Service d'ORL et chirurgie cervico-faciale
2 Praxiling - Praxiling
3 LILPA - Linguistique, Langues et Parole

This paper reports the monitoring and treatment of speech and its intelligibility following total glossectomy. A very early speech therapy rehabilitation in the post-operative course was initiated in a complex case of oral cavity surgery. Training was directly based on respiration, on mobility of articulators and on variations of the vocal tract volume towards consonants and vowels future production. The patient quickly recovered sufficient phonation capabilities to communicate with his relatives and medical staff. Although speech therapy and self-training ended progressively after going out of the hospital, speech has been registered at different periods after rehabilitation. Spontaneous speech evaluation shows improvement of speech intelligibility and pronunciation. These results open new therapeutic perspectives.

Mots clés: Parole; glossectomie; intelligibilité

Domaines: Linguistique

F. Fauvet, P. Schulz, C. Debry, Fabrice Hirsch, Rudolph Sock. Intelligibilité de la parole après glossectomie totale et réhabilitation orthophonique précoce. Journées d'Etudes sur la Parole, Jun 2006, Dinard, France. pp.CD-ROM. ⟨halshs-00717891⟩