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Showing posts with label nasal speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nasal speech. Show all posts

March 28, 2008

New Video Example of a Failed Pharyngeal Flap for VPI

A new video has been posted of an exam showing a patient with a pharyngeal flap that failed to correct his hypernasal speech. Historically, the patient had a cleft lip and palate that was repaired and because of a persistent velopharyngeal insufficiency producing hypernasal speech, a pharyngeal flap was performed. However, this flap was not successful as the hypernasal speech persisted. The reason for the persistent hypernasal speech in spite of the pharyngeal flap was made apparent on flex…
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March 21, 2008

Minimally Invasive Surgery to Correct Hyper-Nasal Speech

Dr. Chang performs minimally invasive correction of nasal speech due to velopharyngeal insufficiency . This procedure entails the use of endoscopic techniques to precisely correct the defect without the use of incisions or soft palate reconstruction. Only patients with a small defect are candidates. In order to determine the size of the defect to see if a patient is a candidate, video nasal endoscopy is performed. Examples of exams are shown on this webpage as well. Please contact our off…
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October 12, 2007

New Video Example of Nasal Speech Caused by VPI

New video exam of a child with hyper-nasal speech has been posted here . The cause of this child's hyper-nasal speech was due to a right lateral velopharyngeal insufficiency due to a slight right soft palate paresis. In this particular case, the child and parents also noticed that food and liquids kept coming out the nose whenever she swallowed. This deficit spontaneously resolved after about 1 month. For more examples of causes of nasal speech, click here .
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