Can a pharyngeal bulb prosthesis eliminate hypernasal speech in individuals with hypodynamic velopharynx?

Autor: Ana Julia dos Passos Rizatto, Monica Moraes Waldemarin Lopes, Olivia Mesquita Vieira de Souza, Homero Carneiro Aferri, Maria Daniela Borro Pinto, Melina Evangelista Whitaker, Jeniffer de Cassia Rillo Dutka, Laura Katarine Félix de Andrade, Maria Inês Pegoraro-Krook
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Revista CEFAC, Vol 24, Iss 6 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1982-0216
DOI: 10.1590/1982-0216/20222468422
Popis: ABSTRACT Purpose: to investigate the effectiveness of a pharyngeal bulb prosthesis to eliminate hypernasality in patients with operated cleft palate presenting with diagnosis of hypodynamic velopharynx. Methods: twenty patients with cleft palate, ages 11-40 years, presenting hypodynamic velopharynx participated in the study. Patients had their speech audio recorded twice, with and without prosthesis, simultaneously with nasometry. Three speech-pathologists rated the presence and absence of hypernasality. Perceptual and nasometric data without and with prosthesis were compared, using the McNemar Test (p27% without prosthesis and 27% with prosthesis, 17 (85%), scores >27% in both conditions, and 1(5%), scores
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