Velopharyngeal function from the age of three to eight years in cleft palate patients

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 93-98

  Pulkkinen, J ^a   Haapanen, M L ^a   Paaso, M ^a   Laitinen, J ^a   Ranta, R ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Velopharyngeal function; Velopharyngoplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE AIRFLOW; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PALATOPLASTY; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0035100065     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052659     Document Type: Article

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