前言Themainaimintreatingcleftpalatespeechistoclosethegapandtoreconstructthevelopharyngealclosure(VPC)patterntorestorenormalspeechItisnecessarytoreconstructthenormalanatomicshapeofthepalateandvelopharyngealorificeinordertoacquirenormalspeechSurgicalrepairofcleftpalatewithadequatevelopharyngealclosureforspeechisreportedlyachievedin60%-84%ofcases,dependingonthecriteriaformeasurementofvelopharyngealincompetence(VPI)Theaveragefiguremaybecloserto66%1,2PatientswithVPIcanbetreatedbysecondaryop。。。
ObjectiveToevaluatetheeffectofasystemofvelopharyngealincompetence(VPI)managementaftertheapplicationofobturator.MethodsUsingnasopharyngofiberoscope(NPF)andacomputeranalysissystem,wequantitativelyanalyzedtheimprovedstateofvelopharyngealincompetencein100patientswithunilateraland/orbilateralcleftpalate.ResultsThevelopharyngealclosure(VPC)canbegreatlyimprovedbyusingatemporaryoralprosthesis(obturator)andspeechtraining.AnAbstractObjectivequantit...