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Velopharyngeal Insufficiency

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Definition: Failure of the SOFT PALATE to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall to close the opening between the oral and nasal cavities. Incomplete velopharyngeal closure is primarily related to surgeries (ADENOIDECTOMY; CLEFT PALATE) or an incompetent PALATOPHARYNGEAL SPHINCTER. It is characterized by hypernasal speech.     
See Also Speech Disorders 		Other names Palatopharyngeal Incompetence; Velopharyngeal Closures, Inadequate; Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal; Incompetence, Velopharyngeal; Incompetence, Palatopharyngeal; Velopharyngeal Incompetence; Inadequate Velopharyngeal Closure

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