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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Chernus J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5981322 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20180531 1
Velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) occurs when the muscular soft palate (velum) and lateral pharyngeal walls are physically unable to separate the oral and nasal cavities during speech production leading to hypernasality and abnormal speech reduction. Because VPD is often associated with overt or submucous cleft palate, it could be present as a subclinical phenotype in families with a history of orofacial clefting. A key assumption to this model is that the overt and subclinical manifestations of ...[more]