Stress velopharyngeal incompetence in an adolescent trumpet player

Author(s): Beecher, R. B., Marks, S.

Journal/Book: Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1995; 104: 715-7.

Abstract: The youngest reported patient with stress velopharyngeal incompetence is presented. The patient's symptoms responded to rest with a possible contribution from palatal exercise. Surgical correction would appear to best be reserved for the professional musician with this unusual condition.

Keyword(s): Adolescence ; Music ; Pressure ; Speech ; Stress ; Velopharyngeal Insufficiency diagnosis; Velopharyngeal Insufficiency etiology; Velopharyngeal Insufficiency physiopathology; Velopharyngeal Insufficiency therapy Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Case Report; Human; Male

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