Role of Speech Aid Prosthesis as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Aid for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Defect: A Case Report
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Orofacial Sciences
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1823-8602,2231-7163
DOI: 10.21315/aos2021.16.1.9