[How to evaluate velar insufficiency?].
The evaluation of velar insufficiency is absolutely necessary in order to assess the results of surgery of the labial palatal cleft. In addition to the clinical examination which remains indispensable, the aerophonometer, applicable to adults and children as from the age of 3, enables simultaneous measurement of the flow of buccal air, the flow of nasal air, and the buccal phonogram. The comparison of the lines, the relation of the nasal air and buccal air flows, upon the emission of two standard sentences with and without nasal components, enables an objective assessment of velar functioning.
C.H.U. Timone, département de chirurgie pédiatrique, Marseille, France.
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Pech
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Giovanni
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Teston
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Devouge
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Bardot
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Magalon
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Cannoni
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013147:Spirometry; D014681:Velopharyngeal Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology
Comment évaluer une insuffisance vélaire?