Carcinologic Speech Severity Index

A Speech Disorders Severity Index to Measure the Impact of Oral and Pharyngeal Cavity on Speech Production

The hypothesis of the present study is that an automatic assessment technic can measure the impact of the speech disorders on the communication abilities giving a severity index of speech in patients treated for head and neck and particularly for oral and pharyngeal cancer.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Oral and Pharyngeal cancer T2 to T4 for having a wide dynamic of deficit
• Treatment by surgery and/or radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy
• Delay after the end of the treatment of minimum 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with a previous speech disorders (ie stuttering… )
• Patients not able to perform the whole task