TY - JOUR
T1 - Tongue motion patterns in post-glossectomy and typical speakers
T2 - A principal components analysis
AU - Stone, Maureen
AU - Langguth, Julie M.
AU - Woo, Jonghye
AU - Chen, Hegang
AU - Prince, Jerry L.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Purpose: In this study, the authors examined changes in tongue motion caused by glossectomy surgery. A speech task that involved subtle changes in tongue-tip positioning (the motion from /i/ to /s/) was measured. The hypothesis was that patients would have limited motion on the tumor (resected) side and would compensate with greater motion on the nontumor side in order to elevate the tongue tip and blade for /s/. Method: Velocity fields were extracted from tagged magnetic resonance images in the left, middle, and right tongue of 3 patients and 10 controls. Principal components (PCs) analysis quantified motion differences and distinguished between the subject groups. Results: PCs 1 and 2 represented variance in (a) size and independence of the tongue tip, and (b) direction of motion of the tip, body, or both. Patients and controls were correctly separated by a small number of PCs. Conclusions: Motion of the tumor slice was different between patients and controls, but the nontumor side of the patients' tongues did not show excessive or adaptive motion. Both groups contained apical and laminal /s/ users, and 1 patient created apical /s/ in a highly unusual manner.
AB - Purpose: In this study, the authors examined changes in tongue motion caused by glossectomy surgery. A speech task that involved subtle changes in tongue-tip positioning (the motion from /i/ to /s/) was measured. The hypothesis was that patients would have limited motion on the tumor (resected) side and would compensate with greater motion on the nontumor side in order to elevate the tongue tip and blade for /s/. Method: Velocity fields were extracted from tagged magnetic resonance images in the left, middle, and right tongue of 3 patients and 10 controls. Principal components (PCs) analysis quantified motion differences and distinguished between the subject groups. Results: PCs 1 and 2 represented variance in (a) size and independence of the tongue tip, and (b) direction of motion of the tip, body, or both. Patients and controls were correctly separated by a small number of PCs. Conclusions: Motion of the tumor slice was different between patients and controls, but the nontumor side of the patients' tongues did not show excessive or adaptive motion. Both groups contained apical and laminal /s/ users, and 1 patient created apical /s/ in a highly unusual manner.
KW - Glossectomy
KW - MRI
KW - Principal components
KW - Speech
KW - Tongue motion
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U2 - 10.1044/1092-4388(2013/13-0085)
DO - 10.1044/1092-4388(2013/13-0085)
M3 - Article
C2 - 24023377
AN - SCOPUS:84902769673
SN - 1092-4388
VL - 57
SP - 707
EP - 717
JO - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
JF - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
IS - 3
ER -