Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 123, Dapi Rd., Niaosong Dist., Kaohsiung, 83301, Taiwan.
Sci Rep. 2024 Oct 27;14(1):25604. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-77807-7.
Tongue cancer is among the most prevalent head and neck cancers and is most commonly treated via surgery. We assessed the articulation differences in patients with early and advanced tongue cancer. The study included 26 postoperative tongue cancer patients. We evaluated articulation based on bilabial, labiodental, apical, posterior, laminal, apical front, and apical back speech sounds. The 26 postoperative tongue cancer patients (24 males, two females) had an average age of 54.3 (range 37-89 old) years. Twelve patients were classified as early T stage (T1/T2), while 14 were classified as advanced T stage (T3/T4). The total articulation score was not significantly related to the T stage but apical sounds were so associated. The total articulation score did not significantly differ between postoperative patients with early and advanced tongue cancer. In subgroup analysis, the apical sound was significantly impaired in postoperative patients with advanced tongue cancer.
舌癌是最常见的头颈部癌症之一，通常通过手术治疗。我们评估了早期和晚期舌癌患者的发音差异。该研究纳入了 26 例舌癌术后患者。我们根据双唇音、唇齿音、舌尖音、后音、薄音、前高元音和后高元音来评估发音。26 例舌癌术后患者（24 名男性，2 名女性）的平均年龄为 54.3 岁（37-89 岁）。12 例患者被归类为早期 T 期（T1/T2），14 例患者被归类为晚期 T 期（T3/T4）。总的发音评分与 T 期无显著相关性，但与舌尖音相关。早期和晚期舌癌术后患者的总发音评分无显著差异。在亚组分析中，晚期舌癌术后患者的舌尖音明显受损。
