Purpose This article discusses the rationale for expanding the standard of care to include
clinical evaluation of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI)-specific quality of life, incorporation …

Objective Test the Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (VPI) Effects on Life Outcomes (VELO)
instrument for validity, reliability, and responsiveness. Study Design Observational cohort …

Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) affects speech, swallowing, and many psychosocial
aspects of life in a way best measured by quality-of-life (QOL) instruments. QOL instruments …

Objective To determine if quality of life (QOL) is affected in children with velopharyngeal
insufficiency (VPI). Design Interview and survey. Setting Two university pediatric ambulatory …

Objectives To modify the existing 45-item Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (VPI) Quality-of-Life
(QOL) instrument (VPIQL), to assess the modified instrument for reliability, and to provide …

Objectives/Hypothesis To translate the Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Effects on Life
Outcomes (VELO) instrument into Chinese and test its psychometric properties. Study …

Objective For the patient-reported outcomes (PRO) measures related to velopharyngeal
inadequacy (VPI) patients, different quality of life (QOL) instruments have been developed …

Objectives Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) may be due to functional or anatomic causes,
and can lead to speech deficits, communication difficulty, and emotional strain on patients …

Objectives (1) To define the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of the
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (VPI) Effects on Life Outcomes (VELO) instrument, and (2) to …

Importance Patients with cleft palate and other causes of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI)
suffer adverse effects on social interactions and communication. Measurement of these …