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Hamide Ghaemi1 
, Erfan Emrani2 , Ali Labafchi2 , Khashyar Famili3 , Haleh Hashemzadeh4 , Sahand Samieirad 5
, Erfan Emrani2 , Ali Labafchi2 , Khashyar Famili3 , Haleh Hashemzadeh4 , Sahand Samieirad 5
1- 1. Department of Speech Therapy, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sci-ences, Mashhad, Iran.
2- Student Research Committee, Facul-ty of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
3- 3. Department of Oral and Maxillofa-cial Surgery, Mashhad Dental School, Mashhad University of Med-ical Science, Mashhad, Iran.
4- Department of Orthodontics, Tehran Dental School, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
5- Oral and maxillofacial diseases re-search center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2- Student Research Committee, Facul-ty of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
3- 3. Department of Oral and Maxillofa-cial Surgery, Mashhad Dental School, Mashhad University of Med-ical Science, Mashhad, Iran.
4- Department of Orthodontics, Tehran Dental School, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
5- Oral and maxillofacial diseases re-search center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Abstract: (3460 Views)
BACKGROUND
We aimed to detect the changes in nasalance, articulation errors, and speech intelligibility after bimaxillary orthognathic surgery in skeletal class III pa-tients.
METHODS
This double-blinded before and after quasi-experimental study was conducted in the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Qaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran from Mar 2019 to Apr 2020. The main intervention was maxillary advance-ment with LeFort I osteotomy and mandibular setback surgery with bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO). The nasalance score, speech intelligibility, and articulation errors were evaluated one week preoperatively (T0), 1 and 6 months (T1, T2) postoperatively by a speech therapist. The significance level was set at 0.05 using SPSS 21.
RESULTS
Eleven women (55%) and 9 men (45%) with a mean age of 31.95 ± 4.72 yr were enrolled. The mean maxillomandibular discrepancy was 6.15 ± 1.53 mm. The mean scores of nasalance for the oral, nasal, and oral-nasal sentences were significantly improved postoperatively (P<0.001). Pre-operative articulation errors of consonants /r/, /z/, /s/ and /sh/ were corrected following the surgery. The percentage of speech intelligibility was significantly increased over time (P<0.001).
CONCLUSION
The patients might show a normal articulation pattern and a modified nasalance feature, following maxillary advancement plus mandibular setback surgery.
We aimed to detect the changes in nasalance, articulation errors, and speech intelligibility after bimaxillary orthognathic surgery in skeletal class III pa-tients.
METHODS
This double-blinded before and after quasi-experimental study was conducted in the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Qaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran from Mar 2019 to Apr 2020. The main intervention was maxillary advance-ment with LeFort I osteotomy and mandibular setback surgery with bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO). The nasalance score, speech intelligibility, and articulation errors were evaluated one week preoperatively (T0), 1 and 6 months (T1, T2) postoperatively by a speech therapist. The significance level was set at 0.05 using SPSS 21.
RESULTS
Eleven women (55%) and 9 men (45%) with a mean age of 31.95 ± 4.72 yr were enrolled. The mean maxillomandibular discrepancy was 6.15 ± 1.53 mm. The mean scores of nasalance for the oral, nasal, and oral-nasal sentences were significantly improved postoperatively (P<0.001). Pre-operative articulation errors of consonants /r/, /z/, /s/ and /sh/ were corrected following the surgery. The percentage of speech intelligibility was significantly increased over time (P<0.001).
CONCLUSION
The patients might show a normal articulation pattern and a modified nasalance feature, following maxillary advancement plus mandibular setback surgery.
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