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Effect of a palatal lift prosthesis in individuals with velopharyngeal incompetence.

Hema Raju, T. V. Padmanabhan, Arvind Narayan

PubMed · 2010 · 23 citations · 15 references

Abstract

A PLP, when used for a minimum duration of 3 months, causes a significant decrease in nasal resonance, thereby improving speech intelligibility in patients who failed to see improvement following pharyngeal flap surgery for velopharyngeal incompetence.

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Speech and Language Issues in the Cleft Palate Population: The State of the Art

David P. Kuehn, Karlind T. Moller · The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal · 2000 · 277 citations

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The Intrajudge Reliability of the Perceptual Rating of Cleft Palate Speech Before and After Pharyngeal Flap Surgery: The Effect of Judges and Speech Samples

Kornelis H.D.M. Keuning, G.H. Wieneke, Philippe H. Dejonckere · The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal · 1999 · 87 citations

A supportive-type prosthetic speech aid

Paul Gibbons, Harlan Bloomer · Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry · 1958 · 75 citations

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Perceptual Evaluation of Speech and Velopharyngeal Function in Children With and Without Cleft Palate and the Relationship to Nasal Airflow Patterns

Hans Dotevall, Anette Lohmander, Hasse Ejnell et al. · The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal · 2002 · 68 citations

Comparison of Nasometer and Listener Judgments of Nasality in the Assessment of Velopharyngeal Function after Pharyngeal Flap Surgery

Janet L. Nellis, Gary S. Neiman, James A. Lehman · The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal · 1992 · 60 citations

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