Douglas B Chepeha, Carly E A Barbon, Alex O Esemezie, Majd Al Mardini, Justine Philteos, Matthew E Spector, Tim Bressmann, Rosemary Martino, Scott V Bratman, John B C Cho, Andrew J Hope, Ali Abdalati Hosni, John J H Kim, Jolie G Ringash, John N Waldron, Dale H Brown, John R de Almeida, Ralph W Gilbert, David P Goldstein, Patrick J Gullane, Jonathan C Irish, Eric A Monteiro, Christopher M K L Yao
BACKGROUND: To address the rehabilitative barriers to frequency and precision of care, we conducted a pilot study of a biofeedback electropalatography (EPG) device paired with telemedicine for patients who underwent primary surgery +/- adjuvant radiation for oral cavity carcinoma. We hypothesized that lingual optimization followed by telemedicine-enabled biofeedback electropalatography rehabilitation (TEBER) would further improve speech and swallowing outcomes after "standard-of-care" SOC rehabilitation...
April 1, 2024: Head & Neck