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Oral Oncology 48 (2012) 547–553 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Oral Oncology journal homepage: www. /locate/oraloncology Evaluation of speech outcomes using English version of the Speech Handicap Index in a cohort of head and neck cancer patients Raghav C. Dwivedi a,b,⇑, Suzanne St. Rose a,c, Edward J. Chisholm a, Brian Bisase a, Furrat Amen a, Christopher M. Nutting a,b, Peter M. Clarke a, Cyrus J. Kerawala a,b, Peter H. Rhys-Evans a,b, Kevin J. Harrington a,b, Rehan Kazi a,b a Head and Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK b The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK c Research, Data and Statistical Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK a r t i c l e i n f o s u m m a r y Article history: The aim of this study was to explore post-treatment speech impairments using English version of Speech Received 21 November 2011 Handicap Index (SHI) (first speech-specific questionnaire) in a cohort of oral cavity (OC) and oropharyn- Received in revised form 1 January 2012 geal (OP) cancer patients. Sixty-three consecutive OC and OP cancer patients in follow-up participated in Accepted 4 January 2012 this study. Descriptive analyses have been presented as percentages, while Mann–Whitney U-test and Available online 29 January 2012 Kruskall–Wallis test have been used for the quantitative variables. Statistical Package for Social Sci-