Acoustic Characteristics of Speech for Pre and Post Orthognathic Surgery Patients

악교정환자의 수술전후 발음변화에 관한 음향학적 특성

  • Jeon, Gyoung-Sook (Department of Clinical Speech Pathology, Graduate school chonbuk National University) ;
  • Shin, Hyo-Keun (Department of Clinical Speech Pathology, Graduate school chonbuk National University)
  • 전경숙 (전북대학교 대학원 임상언어병리학과, 치과대학 구강악안면외과학 교실) ;
  • 신효근 (전북대학교 대학원 임상언어병리학과, 치과대학 구강악안면외과학 교실)
  • Published : 2007.05.18

Abstract

It is reported that the orthognathic patients suffer from not only aesthetic problems but also resonance disorder and articulation disorder because of the abnormality of the oral cavity. These disorders have an influence on the patients' communication and they are usually required to be corrected by orthognathic surgery. Speech of the orthognatic patients is affected by the change of the oral cavity capacity and structures after surgery. This study was designed to investigate the resonance of nasality and the intelligibility of speech for acoustic characteristics of speech for pre and post orthognatic surgery patients.

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