Speech-aid prosthesis in velopharyngeal incompetency patient with cleft palate: can speech aids be applicable for adult patient?
Abstract Background Velopharyngeal incompetence (VPI) therapy for cleft palate (speech therapy alone, speech therapy using speech aids, or combined therapy such as speech therapy using a pharyngeal flap), is more effective in younger patients than in adult patients. Speech therapy is known as very d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40902-021-00315-5 |