Tonsillectomy in children with or at risk for velopharyngeal insufficiency: Effects on speech

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 319-323

  D'Antonio, L L ^a   Snyder, L S ^a   Samadani, S ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; TONSILLECTOMY; VOICE;

EID: 0029822112     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(96)70045-1     Document Type: Article

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