The goal of this longitudinal study is to learn more about the articulatory consequences of surgical oral cancer treatment. The main aims are to study the coordination and development of speech articulation of patients who will undergo surgical treatment for oral cancer longitudinally and whether individual differences in the reliance on auditory or tactile information can predict the success of speech compensatory strategies. Participants will perform multiple speech tasks while motion tracking sensors track the articulatory gestures.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
Motion tracking sensors will track articulatory movements of the tongue, jaw and lips
Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
RECRUITINGUniversity Medical Centre Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
RECRUITINGArticulatory gestures
Articulatory movements in three dimensions of the tongue, lips and jaw as measured by the NDI Vox Electromagnetic Articulograph. Measures include: articulator speed (mm/s), total displacement (mm), coordinates (x,y,z) during specific gestures.
Time frame: 2022-2025
Acoustic outcomes
Speech acoustics will be measured in Praat and include the first and second formants of vowels (in Hz), global movement size in terms of acoustic working space (Hz-squared), and the centre of gravity of sibilants (in Hz)
Time frame: 2022-2025
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