Oro-facial clefts at a tertiary level hospital of eastern Nepal: A retrospective insight
Introduction: There are only a few centers providing care to orofacial cleft patients across Nepal. However, no adequate data have been reported regarding the epidemiology, pattern, and association of cleft in children from eastern Nepal.
Mehul R Jaisani+7 more
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Perspectives on palatalization
In this article we provide a discussion of the definition of palatalization as a phonological phenomenon, its crosslinguistic variation, phonetic or functional grounding and phonetic (un)naturalness of palatalization, and theoretical approaches to palatalization patterns.
Krämer, Martin, Urek, Olga
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Pbx loss in cranial neural crest, unlike in epithelium, results in cleft palate only and a broader midface. [PDF]
Orofacial clefting represents the most common craniofacial birth defect. Cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) is genetically distinct from cleft palate only (CPO).
Berkes+78 more
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A cleft care workshop for speech and language pathologists in resource-limited countries : the participants' experiences about cleft care in Uganda and satisfaction with the training effect [PDF]
Objectives: workshops and specialized training programs are often inaccessible for speech and language pathologists (SLPs) based in resource-limited countries given the lack of supply, the long travel distances and the excessive participation fees.
Alighieri, Cassandra+7 more
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Acampomelic campomelic dysplasia (CD) is a type of CD (CD; OMIM #114290), a rare form of congenital short-limbed dwarfism and is due to mutations in SOX9 gene family.
M. Pasupathy+3 more
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An unusual presentation of rhinosporidiosis
Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous infection of the nose and nasopharynx. It is endemic in South Asia and commonly affects males in their second to fourth decades of life.
Santosh Kumar Swain, Ansuman Sahu
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Impact of early synchronous lip and palatal repair on speech [PDF]
<b><i>Aims:</i></b> The purpose of this study was to describe articulation and resonance characteristics of Ugandan English-speaking children with cleft lip and palate (CLP) after synchronous lip and palatal closure (Sommerlad ...
Bettens, Kim+7 more
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Oral health related quality of life in cleft lip and palate patients rehabilitated with conventional prostheses or dental implants [PDF]
Cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) is the most common congenital craniofacial abnormality, with a prevalence of 9.92 per 10,000 live births. In treating patients with CLP, oral rehabilitation is definitely a very important phase of the treatment in order to ...
AMODEO, GIULIA+5 more
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A Review of the Effect of Age and Speech Stimulus on Nasalance Scores in Healthy Participants
Introduction: Instrumental assessments can provide numerical values in nasality assessment. One of these instruments is the nasometer (Kay Elemetrics, Lincoln Park, NJ, USA). The nasometer measures the oral and nasal acoustic energy during speech and the
Saba Sadeghi+3 more
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