title: [Quantitative study of phonation by aerophonoscopy: Reproducibility study on healthy volunteers].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aerophonoscope allows for recording buccal and nasal airflow during breathing and speech and the sounds emitted by the patient. It is known to be useful in the postoperative follow-up of cleft lip and palate children, but there are currently no studies that quantitatively validate its reliability in pathological or non-pathological situations. The aim of our study was to measure the reliability of aerophonoscopic measures in adult healthy volunteers.
  
  
  METHODS
  A quantitative evaluation of the reliability of aerophonoscopy has been carried out in 30 healthy adult volunteers by measuring its inter- and intra-individual reproducibility and its sensibility in relation with the degree of the velopharyngeal sphincter constriction using a test-retest protocol.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The aerophonoscope allows for inter- and intra-individual reproducible measures in healthy adult volunteers. Its sensibility to velopharyngeal sphincter constriction is good in healthy adult volunteers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The interest of aerophonoscopy in the treatment strategy of cleft lip and palate patients remains unclear. More reliable quantitative data would be of major interest to determine whether this device is suitable for the follow-up of cleft lips and palate patients or not. This would also allow for planning a second soft-palate operation and for assessing the efficacy of revision surgery such as superior or inferior pedicled pharyngoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillofaciale et stomatologie, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France; UPMC université Paris 06, 75005 Paris, France. Electronic address: laurentganry@hotmail.fr.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ganry
authors.affiliation: Clinique de stomatologie et chirurgie maxillo-faciale et Centre de compétence Maladies rares des Pays de Loire pour le traitement des fentes labio-palatines et malformations faciales, CHU de Nantes, 44000 Nantes, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blot
authors.affiliation: Clinique de stomatologie et chirurgie maxillo-faciale et Centre de compétence Maladies rares des Pays de Loire pour le traitement des fentes labio-palatines et malformations faciales, CHU de Nantes, 44000 Nantes, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balandier
authors.affiliation: Clinique de stomatologie et chirurgie maxillo-faciale et Centre de compétence Maladies rares des Pays de Loire pour le traitement des fentes labio-palatines et malformations faciales, CHU de Nantes, 44000 Nantes, France.
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bouric
authors.affiliation: Clinique d'orthopédie dento-faciale La Réserve, 83150 Bandol, France.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sabouni
authors.affiliation: Clinique de stomatologie et chirurgie maxillo-faciale et Centre de compétence Maladies rares des Pays de Loire pour le traitement des fentes labio-palatines et malformations faciales, CHU de Nantes, 44000 Nantes, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Corre
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillofaciale et stomatologie, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France; UPMC université Paris 06, 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Khonsari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D019719:Diagnostic Equipment; D005260:Female; D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000601:surgery; D010614:Pharynx / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D010699:Phonation / Q000502:physiology*; D010700:Phonetics; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012119:Respiration; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cleft lip and palate; Dispositifs médicaux; Fente labio-alvéolo-palatine; Follow-up; Medical devices; Outcome assessment; Reprise du traitement; Reproducibility of results; Reproductibilité de résultats; Retreatment; Rhinolalia; Rhinolalie; Suivi; Évaluation des résultats