Objectives: This clinical report describes the long-term effect of tissue contracture on functionality obturator prosthesis. Material and Methods: Eleven patients who underwent maxillectomy confined only to hard palate rehabilitated sequentially with immediate surgical followed by interim closed bulb hollow were included in study. These up every 3 months for years prosthesis was relined at each...

The spectral patterns in a signal obtained with an accelerometer microphone attached to the nose as an indicator for nasality in normal speech will be described for individual vowels. Simultaneously to that recording a film has been made with a fiberendoscope, showing the opening of the velar port to control for acoustic coupling of the oral and the nasal cavity.