Speech results in prosthetic rehabilitation of velopharyngeal insufficiency secondary to cleft palate. Case report
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Keywords
Velopharyngeal insufficiency, palatal obturators, cleft palate
Abstract
The velopharyngeal insufficiency (IVF) corresponds to any structural defect of the soft palate or the walls of the pharynx, where there is not enough tissue to achieve an adequate closure of the velopharyngeal mechanism during speech, generating hyperna- sal resonance and nasal emission. In cases of cleft palate, the treatment to correct IVF may be surgical or prosthetic, accompanied by speech therapy. The speech results ob- tained in a native speaker of Chilean Spanish diagnosed with IVF secondary to cleft pa- late, rehabilitated in Fundación Gantz with a palatal obturator (speech bulb) and speech therapy are presented. The evaluation by auditory perceptual analysis and nasometry show an improvement of the velopharyngeal mechanism during speech.
