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Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
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Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
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Definition Velopharyngeal insufficiency is the improper closing of the velopharyngeal sphincter (soft palate muscle) during speech characterized by an acute nasal quality of the voice. Description At the back of the mouth is a circle of str...
Functional or congenital deficiency in the superior constrictor muscle or soft palate leading to escape of air, liguid, or food from the oropharynx into the nasopharynx or nose when the nasopharynx should be closed by approximation of the s...
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