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[Evaluation of speech aid's function with air flow pressure techniques]
G M Wang1, W H Yuan, D W Warren
1Craniofacial Center, Shanghai Second Medical University. Shanghai 200011,China.
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To evaluated of speech aid's function with air flow pressure techniques. METHODS: The study group contained 12 patients with cleft palate,submucous cleft palate and congenital velopharyngeal insufficiency who had been found to have VPI(velopharyngeal insufficiciency) and hypernasal speech and were scheduled for speech aid. RESULTS: It was confirmed that study was to assess the relationship between oral-nasal resonance with and without the speech aid. CONCLUSION: The speech aid be able to improve the velopharyngeal function in some VPI patients,also it is useful clinical results for the speech therapiist.
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