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Pharyngeal closure patterns important in velopharyngeal insufficiency. (A) Coronal. (B) Sagittal. (C) Circular. (D) Circular with the Passavant ridge. ... More on Velopharyngeal Insufficiency ... Rudnick EF, Sie KC. Velopharyngeal insufficiency: current concepts in diagnosis and management. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck...
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emedicine.medscape.com/article/873018-overview
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Velopharyngeal inadequacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Velopharyngeal inadequacy (VPI) is a malfunction of a velopharyngeal mechanism. The velopharyngeal mechanism is responsible for directing the transmission of sound energy and air pressure in both the...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velopharyngeal_inadequacy
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Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (VPI) is a disorder resulting in the improper closing of the soft palate muscle in the mouth during speech. ... Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is a disorder resulting in the improper closing of the velopharyngeal sphincter (soft palate muscle in the mouth) during speech, allowing air to...
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www.seattlechildrens.org/medical-conditions/chromosomal...
www.seattlechildrens.org/medical-conditions/chromosomal-genetic-conditions/vpi/
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Velopharyngeal insufficiency can also occur after adenoidectomy, although the incidence is rare (about 1 in 2,500 cases). This is because the adenoids are right in the area of normal velopharyngeal closure. Figure 5 shows the position of the adenoid pad in the throat.
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www.cincinnatichildrens.org/svc/alpha/v/vpi/about/vpi.h...
www.cincinnatichildrens.org/svc/alpha/v/vpi/about/vpi.htm
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Can you give me specific velopharyngeal strengthening exercises? There are two other questions which must be answered first. “Why does he have VPI?” and, “Can he actually do anything about it?” The first question is merely a stepping stone to the second, more important question.
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www.speechpathology.com/askexpert/display_question.asp?...
www.speechpathology.com/askexpert/display_question.asp?question_id=71
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Velopharyngeal insufficiency is incomplete closure of a sphincter between the oropharynx and nasopharynx, often resulting from anatomic abnormalities of the palate and causing hypernasal speech. Treatment is with speech therapy and surgery.
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www.merck.com/mmpe/sec08/ch090/ch090l.html
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Velopharyngeal insufficiency is incomplete closure of a sphincter between the oropharynx and nasopharynx, often resulting from anatomic abnormalities of the palate and causing hypernasal speech. Treatment is with speech therapy and surgery.
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www.merck.com/mmpe/sec08/ch090/ch090h.html
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BACKGROUND: The objectives of the study were to describe speech outcomes in a large series of patients undergoing Furlow palatoplasty for management of velopharyngeal insufficiency and to test whether preoperative velopharyngeal gap size and other patient characteristics significantly affect those outcomes.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/15988249
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OBJECTIVE: Two-hundreds and nineteen velopharyngeal insufficiency cases treated with a modified pharyngoplasty were retrospectively analyzed, the effectiveness of the surgery was studied. ... Among 219 patients, 44 with congenital velopharyngeal insufficiency, 21 with fistula after palatoplasty and 154 with...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/15283277
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