Diagnosis and treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency: Clinical utility of speech evaluation and videofluoroscopy

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 511-517

  Dudas, Jason R ^b   Deleyiannis, Frederic W B ^a,b   Ford, Matthew D ^a   Jiang, Shao ^a,b   Losee, Joseph E ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Perceptual speech symptoms; Speech pathology; Velopharyngeal insufficiency; Videofluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NOSE CAVITY; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PALATOPLASTY; PHONATION; PITTSBURGH WEIGHTED SPEECH SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 33745649816     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000210628.18395.de     Document Type: Review

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