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Background
To describe the frequency of patients returning to work after treatment for oropharyngeal cancer and to identify predictors and physical barriers that might interfere with the return to work process.
Methods
Cross‐sectional study including 295 patients. Data were collected regarding work/sick leave situation at 1 month before diagnosis and 15 months after diagnosis. The situation before...
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to develop and validate the first ever speech‐specific perceptual speech‐evaluation tool for patients with head and neck cancer.
MethodsFive speech parameters (intelligibility, articulation, speech rate, nasality, and asthenia) and overall grade were included and evaluated. Speech samples of 117 subjects were recorded on electroglottograph equipment using a standard...
BackgroundPosttreatment speech problems are seen in nearly half of patients with head and neck cancer. Although there are many voice‐specific scales, surprisingly there is no speech‐specific questionnaire for English‐speaking patients with head and neck cancer. The aim of this study was to validate the Speech Handicap Index (SHI) as the first speech‐specific questionnaire in the English language....
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