… and nasopharyngoscopy, focusing on velopharyngeal closure ratio. The treatment …
velopharyngeal insufficiency or a pharyngeal flap for moderate to severe velopharyngeal …

… velopharyngeal insufficiency, regardless of etiology. Because any intervention that decreases
velopharyngeal … to ascertain the degree of velopharyngeal closure in each patient prior to …

… or entertained by the patient's family or primary care physician before referral to the
otolaryngologist. … imaging with simultaneous audio to evaluate pediatric velopharyngeal …

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

… All subjects with velopharyngeal mislearning were eligible for speech therapy, regardless
of … , compensatory misarticulations, size of the velopharyngeal gap on nasendoscopy, and …

… insufficiency, velopharyngeal dysfunction, velopharyngeal inadequacy, and velopharyngeal
insufficiency (… Furthermore, guidelines present a standard of care that clinical and academic …

… , and velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI). VPI is a somewhat loose term and therefore
difficult to quantify since studies use multiple different synonyms, including nasal regurgitation, …

… tasks, but the gold standard for diagnosis remains perceptual … for multidisciplinary evaluation
and care of patients with VPI. … It is rated as the number of standard deviations from the …

… A PubMed search was performed on “velopharyngeal insufficiency” using medical subject
headings terms from 1985 to 2017. Publisher specialty, method(s) of VPI assessment, …

… Velopharyngeal insufficiency was diagnosed in just over a third of team children in our
study, which is similar to recognized rates. Much lower rates found in the independent …