Background: When indicated, velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is treated with pharyngoplasty consideration of patient’s age. Several studies have evaluated the relationship between age at surgery and speech outcome. The best results regarding reduction open nasality were obtained when surgeries performed around 5 to 6 years operative complications also less frequent in younger group than older...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The increasing number of endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approaches (EETSA) has resulted in several sinonasal complications, including voice changes. Here, we compared preoperative and postoperative voice changes according to age. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records. Patients were divided into the following three groups according to age: ≤ 30 yea...

OBJECTIVE To compare the outcomes of surgical correction of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) in patients with velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) and a non-VCFS group. DESIGN Twenty-five patients with VCFS (16 girls and 9 boys) underwent palatal lengthening for VPI between 1986 and 2001. The mean age at surgery was 6.4 years. Revision was defined as the need for secondary sphincter pharyngopla...

Abstract Background Submucous cleft palate (SMCP) is a congenital abnormality with various clinical and anatomical features. pathologies may be unrecognized during routine examinations. Current diagnostic techniques are constrained unrevealing in presurgical patients. This prospective study aimed to evaluate transnasal palatal transillumination technique diagnosis of SMCP at our institute hospi...

BACKGROUND: The speech of individuals with cleft lip and palate is primarily characterized by nasality oral because or velopharyngeal dysfunction. OBJECTIVES: aim the present study to investigate acoustical assessment perceptual rating measurements in children. METHODS: participants included 30 children age range 4 12 years. Prior parental consent was obtained for inclusion their study. Speech ...

OBJECTIVE To address whether speakers with cleft palate exhibit velopharyngeal mechanism fatigue and are more susceptible to muscle fatigue than are speakers without cleft palate. METHODS Six adults with repaired palatal clefts and mild-moderate hypernasality served as subjects. Velopharyngeal closure force and levator veli palatini muscle activity were recorded. Subjects were asked to repeat...