Evaluation of velopharyngeal function after relocation pharyngoplasty for obstructive sleep apnea

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1069-1073

  Li, Hsueh Yu ^a,b   Lee, Li Ang ^a   Fang, Tuan Jen ^a   Lin, Wan Ni ^a   Lin, Wen Ying ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Articulation; Nasalance; Nasality; Obstructive sleep apnea; Relocation pharyngoplasty; Velopharyngeal function

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BZOCH HYPERNASALITY TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUTZMANN TEST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MALE; MIRROR FOGGING TEST; NASALANCE; NASALITY; NASOMETER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATE; PHARYNX; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELOCATION PHARYNGOPLASTY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; VOICE; VOWEL;

ADULT; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; PHONATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 77951732742     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20850     Document Type: Article

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