Speech and Swallowing Data in Individual Patients Who Underwent Glossectomy after Prosthetic Rehabilitation

Table 5

Speech samples and palatal augmentation prosthesis (PAP) or tongue prosthesis (TP).

Speech samples		PAP			TP
		No	Yes		No	Yes
	Spontaneous speech	No	7		13	<0.001		13	7	<0.0002
Yes		8	88	90	6
Monosyllables/consonants/words	No	7	75	0.028	76	6	0.039
	Yes	8	26		27	7
Vowels	No	9	60	0.965	61	8	0.873
	Yes	6	41		42	5
Sentences	No	13	90	0.78	92	11	0.612
	Yes	2	11		11	2

Pearson’s chi-squared test; Fisher exact test. = sample size.