The investigators are studying how speech is effected by jaw and tooth position in jaw surgery patients. Eighty percent of our jaw surgery patients have speech pathologies, compared to five percent of the general population, but speech pathologists do not understand why. The investigators hypothesize that open bites and underbites prevent most patients from being able to pronounce words normally and surgical correction will lead to improvement in speech. Patients will be audio recorded speaking and patients' tongue gestures ultrasound recorded before and after their jaw surgeries to observe what changes occur in their speech and tongue movements.
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Change in Speech Distortion Phonemes over Time
Timeframe: pre-operation through 9-15 months post-operation
Change in Quantitative Tongue Gestures over Time
Timeframe: pre-operation through 9-15 months post-operation