Stress velopharyngeal incompetence in an adolescent trumpet player.
The youngest reported patient with stress velopharyngeal incompetence is presented. The patient's symptoms responded to rest with a possible contribution from palatal exercise. Surgical correction would appear to best be reserved for the professional musician with this unusual condition.
Conley
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Department of Otolaryngology and Human Communication, Medical College of Wisconsin 53201, USA.
Beecher
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D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D011312:Pressure; D013060:Speech; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D014681:Velopharyngeal Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy