Alleviating speech and deglutition: Role of a prosthodontist in multidisciplinary management of velopharyngeal insufficiency

Alleviating speech and deglutition: Role of a prosthodontist in multidisciplinary management of velopharyngeal insufficiency

Surgical resection of soft palate due to cancer affects the effective functioning of the velopharyngeal mechanism (speech and deglutition). With the loss of speech intelligibility, hyper resonance in voice and impaired function of swallowing (due to nasal regurgitation), there is a depreciation in t...

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Main Authors: Aditi Nanda, Dheeraj Koli, Sunanda Sharma, Shalini Suryavanshi, Mahesh Verma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:The Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society
Subjects:
Multidisciplinary
oncology
prosthodontist
speech aid
velopharyngeal defect
Online Access:http://www.j-ips.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4052;year=2015;volume=15;issue=3;spage=281;epage=283;aulast=Nanda

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