Fiberscopic methods for assessment of velopharyngeal closure during various activities.
Fiberscope NPF, developed to observe velopharyngeal movements easily, enables a direct visualization of the soft palate, lateral and posterior pharyngeal walls under the physiological conditions. It is most useful for the diagnosis of velopharyngeal inadequacy. It is very important that a patient himself can observe velopharyngeal movements through the eyepiece of the fiberscope in order to do self exercise.
D019723:Endoscopes; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D010159:Palate / Q000502:physiology*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000502:physiology*