Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
"Velopharyngeal Insufficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Failure of the SOFT PALATE to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall to close the opening between the oral and nasal cavities. Incomplete velopharyngeal closure is primarily related to surgeries (ADENOIDECTOMY; CLEFT PALATE) or an incompetent PALATOPHARYNGEAL SPHINCTER. It is characterized by hypernasal speech.
| Descriptor ID |
D014681
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.525.955 C07.550.966 C07.650.525.955 C09.775.955 C16.131.850.525.955
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| Concept/Terms |
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
- Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal
- Palatopharyngeal Incompetence
- Incompetence, Palatopharyngeal
- Velopharyngeal Incompetence
- Incompetence, Velopharyngeal
- Inadequate Velopharyngeal Closure
- Velopharyngeal Closures, Inadequate
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| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Velopharyngeal Insufficiency" by people in Profiles.
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Napoli JA, Kalmar CL, Low DW, Buckley J, Bunnell HT, Vallino LD. Bilateral Buccal Flap Revision Palatoplasty to Correct Velopharyngeal Dysfunction: Perceptual Speech, Acoustic, and Aerodynamic Outcomes. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2024 Apr 01; 153(4):769e-780e.
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Ruscello DM, Vallino LD. The Use of Nonspeech Oral Motor Exercises in the Treatment of Children With Cleft Palate: A Re-Examination of Available Evidence. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2020 11 12; 29(4):1811-1820.
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Jackson OA, Kaye AE, Lee A, Minugh-Purvis N, Cohen MA, Solot CB, McDonald-McGinn D, Jawad AF, Zackai EH, Kirschner RE. Orofacial Manifestations of Stickler Syndrome: An Analysis of Speech Outcome and Facial Growth After Cleft Palate Repair. Ann Plast Surg. 2020 06; 84(6):665-671.
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Vallino LD. Speech, velopharyngeal function, and hearing before and after orthognathic surgery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1990 Dec; 48(12):1274-81; discussion 1281-2.