Longitudinal Recovery of Speech Motor Function Following Facial Transplantation: A Prospective Observational Study
Perry B, Eshghi M, Stipancic K, Richburg B, Ventresca H, Pomahac B, Green J. Longitudinal Recovery of Speech Motor Function Following Facial Transplantation: A Prospective Observational Study. The Laryngoscope 2022, 132: 2359-2367. PMID: 35218215, PMCID: PMC9402794, DOI: 10.1002/lary.30068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional speechSpeech intelligibilitySpeech recoveryLip strengthSpeech motor functionSpeech outcomesSentence intelligibility testMotor speech functionKinematic measuresProspective observational studyFacial transplantationRange of movementIntelligibility testIntelligibility improvementJaw rangeLongitudinal recoveryMotor functionObservational studyClinical measuresEarly recoveryJaw functionExtent of recoverySpeech functionSpeech improvementPatients