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Learning Modern Laryngeal Surgery in a Dissection Laboratory
Published on: March 18, 2020
Surgical speech disorders
Tianjie Shen1, Kathleen C Y Sie2
1Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kaiser San Francisco, 4131 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
Abstract:
Most speech disorders of childhood are treated with speech therapy. However, two conditions, ankyloglossia and velopharyngeal dysfunction, may be amenable to surgical intervention. It is important for surgeons to work with experienced speech language pathologists to diagnose the speech disorder. Children with articulation disorders related to ankyloglossia may benefit from frenuloplasty. Children with velopharyngeal dysfunction should have standardized clinical evaluation and instrumental asseessment of velopharyngeal function. Surgeons should develop a treatment protocol to optimize speech outcomes while minimizing morbidity.
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