After total laryngectomy and loss of laryngeal phonation, the oro-oesophageal voice (VOO) is a communication option for the patient. It involves little financial outlay and, when mastered, ensures functional communication, but requires time-consuming speech therapy. VOO acquisition depends on a number of factors, including the patient's physiology, personality and socio-cultural environment. Several authors have suggested the influence of psychology on failure to learn VOO, but the studies found in the literature are old and did not use personality tests to objectivize this link through quantitative analysis. Today, the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI-125) is a personality test used clinically and in research, and appreciated for the quantitative scores it provides. The aim of our study is to ascertain whether salient personality traits (as measured by the TCI) are common to patients who succeed in learning VOO, compared with those who do not. 40 subjects who underwent total laryngectomy and had access to speech therapy will be included in this study. A speech assessment with audio recording will be performed and acoustic measurements will be taken. Subjects will also take the TCI-125. Finally, a perceptual evaluation by a jury of experts will categorize the subjects as good or poor speakers. Inclusion period: 24 months Duration of subject participation: 1 day Total duration: 36 months
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
The questionnary Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) describes personality through temperament traits governed by the individual's neurobiological systems and predetermined by heredity; and character traits shaped by social and cognitive experience
Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille
Marseille, France
RECRUITINGTCI-defined personality traits in patients able to learn VOO and those unable to learn VOO
Time frame: From enrollement to the end of the study at 36 months
Comparison of the sub-scores of the 7 dimensions of the TCI questionnaire
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the study at 36 months
Measurement of VOO quality (cepstral peak proeminence in dB) from audio recordings between the two groups (able and unable the learn VOO)
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the study at 36 months
Measurement of speech rate (in syllables/second)
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the study at 36 months
Measurement of articulatory speed (in syllables / seconds excluding pauses)
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the study at 36 months
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