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Instrumental Assessment of Velopharyngeal Closure for Speech

Seminars in Speech and Language, 2011
The presence of a palatal cleft at birth should not prevent good speech production in most children provided they have (1) appropriate surgical intervention to close the palate at or around the child's first birthday, (2) careful monitoring of speech development throughout childhood, (3) speech therapy when needed, and (4) secondary surgical or speech ...
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A Respirometric Technique for Evaluating Velopharyngeal Closure in Children

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1982
Respirometric quotients, indices of velopharyngeal closure, were determined from oral and nasal air volumes measured separately but simultaneously. Ten children aged 6–10 years were the subjects. The quotients were significantly lower for speech stimuli involving nasal sounds than for those involving nonnasal sounds.
N, Shaw, H R, Gilbert
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Preoperative Velopharyngeal Morphology in Older Cleft Palate Patients With Postoperative Velopharyngeal Closure Versus Velopharyngeal Insufficiency

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the preoperative morphology of velopharyngeal structures in older patients with cleft palate and to evaluate which structure(s) could distinguish velopharyngeal function. The investigators implemented a retrospective study and 66 patients whose palate was repaired by 1 surgeon with the same technique were ...
Li, Ma, Qian, Zheng, Yang, Li, Hongfang, Ma, Jiayu, Shi, Bing, Shi   +5 more
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Teflon® Injection in the Nasopharynx to Improve Velopharyngeal Closure

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 1977
Eighty patients with marginal velopharyngeal competency received Teflon® injections to improve closure of the nasopharyngeal port. Sixty percent of these experienced no further voice problem and an additional 18% exhibited improved voice quality.
J K, Smith, B F, McCabe
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Treatment of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency After Cleft Palate Repair Depending on the Velopharyngeal Closure Pattern

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2011
Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is a common problem after cleft palate repair; secondary surgery may be needed to treat this condition. Pharyngeal flap is usually selected for cases with sagittal closure pattern, and sphincter pharyngoplasty is used for cases with coronal closure pattern, whereas cases with circular closure pattern may be puzzling ...
Mosaad, Abdel-Aziz, Hassan, El-Hoshy, Hassan, Ghandour   +2 more
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Effect of Adenotonsillectomy on Velopharyngeal Closure Patterns

Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Background: For a long time, the hypertrophied tonsils impact on velopharyngeal closure has been a point of concern.Objectives: To identify the alterations in the velopharyngeal valve (VPV) closure patterns following adenotonsillectomy in Arabic- speaking children, to predict the incidence of complications as nasal regurgitation or open nasality ...
Elwany, Abdelhakeem Foad, Mandour, Yasser Mohammed Hassan, Elshafy, Abobakr, Samaan, Semon Sameh Samy, Elshebl, Omnia Zakaria, Gomaa, Mostafa   +5 more
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Update on Velopharyngeal Closure in Young Children

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2018
During early speech development, the velopharyngeal mechanism may play a major role in the rapid expansion of a child's repertoire of speech sounds.
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Studies on velopharyngeal closure

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1966
L, Björk, B, Nylén
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A CINERADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF VELOPHARYNGEAL CLOSURE

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1961
D W, WARREN, F A, HOFMANN
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Dynamic Aspects of Velopharyngeal Closure

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 2009
S, Niimi, F, Bell-Berti, K S, Harris
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