Stress velopharyngeal incompetence: Prevalence, treatment, and management practices

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 424-433

  Malick, Deonne ^a   Moon, Jerry ^b   Canady, John ^c  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Musicians; Stress velopharyngeal incompetence; Velopharyngeal function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSICIAN; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 34547110770     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/06-176.1     Document Type: Article

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