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Palatal myoclonus

The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat, 2014
Palatal myoclonus is an extremely rare disorder. Tinnitus is secondary to rhythmic involuntary movements of the soft palate. Clinical diagnosis is based on the confirmation of the soft palate movements synchronous with an audible clicking noise outside. In this article, we report a 38-year-old female case with a 10 year-history of continuing ear click,
TUNA, Bilge, ŞAHAN, Mehmet Hamdi
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Palatal reconstruction

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, 2012
The palate is a critical structure, playing pivotal roles in speech, swallowing, and mastication. Reconstruction of the palate is among the most difficult challenges faced by head and neck reconstructive surgeons. The primary aims of this review are to catalog the evolution of the classification systems for palatal defects, discuss decision making ...
Vishal, Gupta   +4 more
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Palatal Flap

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America, 2014
The esthetic and functional demands of maxillofacial reconstruction have driven the evolution of an array of options. The palatal flap offers a technically simple and predictable option for intraoral reconstruction. Moreover, the palatal island flap is the only available flap that can provide keratinized mucosa for defect reconstruction.
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“Palatal” and “palatalized” redefined

Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique, 1966
The purpose of this paper is to show that the term “palatal” has been used with various meanings and to redefine or establish a consistency of terminology concerning this term with respect to palatalized and central consonants. Confusion arising from the various divisions of the tongue into articulators and from the misuse of the above articulatory ...
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Palatal ulceration

Clinics in Dermatology, 2014
Palatal ulcers are a common presentation and can be conveniently divided into developmental and acquired causes, the latter of which is subdivided into acute and chronic causes. Most commonly seen dermatologic causes have associated skin manifestations. Acute and multiple ulcers are usually infectious or drug induced in origin.
Kabir, Sardana, Shuchi, Bansal
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Cleft Palate

Clinics in Plastic Surgery
The primary function of the palate is to separate the nasal and oral cavities and facilitate the production of normal speech. The velar levator veli palatini (LVP) muscular sling is the palate speech motor. In the cleft palate, the LVP muscles are aberrantly sagittally oriented, which prevents their normal cranial, posterior, and lateral pull on the ...
Megan E, Pencek, Joseph E, Losee
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Fronted Velars, Palatalized Velars, and Palatals

Phonetica, 1993
Abstract Articulatory and acoustic characteristics of various stop consonants in Czech, Hungarian, English, and Russian are compared: velars before back and before front vowels, palatalized velars, and palatals. The articulatory data consist of X-ray tracings and palatograms taken from the literature.
P, Keating, A, Lahiri
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Palatal Asymmetry in Cleft Palate Subjects

The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 1996
In subjects with different types of cleft palate, palatal shape and symmetry were evaluated utilizing the moiré contourography technique. The sample consisted of 95 subjects with cleft palate and 68 controls. The differences between cleft and control subjects in the transverse and anteroposterior location of the highest point of the palate, palatal ...
P V, Kilpeläinen, M T, Laine-Alava
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Palatal Fistulae Following Cleft Palate Surgery

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1979
The occurrence and treatment of palatal fistulae have been studied in 1108 CLP patients who had their primary operations performed during the years 1954–69. No fistulae were recorded in 263 patients with incomplete cleft of the primary palate only. These patients were excluded, leaving 845 patients for analysis. The Le Mesurier or Millard technique had
F E, Abyholm   +2 more
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Palate Morphology in Children with Cleft Palate with Palatalized Articulation

Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1991
This study was designed to examine postoperatively morphological characteristics of the palate of children with cleft palate with palatalized articulation. Palate morphology was measured in children with good velopharyngeal closure function after surgery, who were classified in Hellman's Dental Age II A group with unilateral cleft lip and palate, and ...
K, Okazaki, M, Kato, T, Onizuka
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