Management of Velopharyngeal Impairment in Adults With Dysarthria: A Systematic Review

KA Spencer, B Eddy, I Papathanasiou… - American Journal of …, 2025 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose: Velopharyngeal impairment (VPI) is a common manifestation of dysarthria, yet
there is uncertainty regarding the evidence for treatment options. The aim of this systematic …

Surgical interventions in velopharyngeal dysfunction: comparative perceptual speech and nasometric outcomes for three techniques

R Instrum, A Dzioba… - … -Head & Neck …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate speech outcomes following surgical
intervention for velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD). Perceptual speech outcome data were …

Towards development of guidelines for virtual administration of paediatric standardized language and literacy assessments: Considerations for clinicians and …

E Wood, I Bhalloo, B McCaig, C Feraru… - SAGE Open …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Previous virtual care literature within the field of speech-language pathology has
primarily focused on validating the virtual use of intervention programmes. There are fewer …

Acoustic and physiological voice assessment and maximum phonation time in patients with different types of dysarthria

CR Portalete, DA de Oliveira Moraes, KC Pagliarin… - Journal of Voice, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective To compare the maximum phonation time of/a/, acoustic glottal source parameters,
and physiological measures in patients with dysarthria. Method Thirteen patients were …

Demystifying Velopharyngeal Dysfunction for Plastic Surgery Trainees Part 2: Speech Fundamentals and Perceptual Speech Assessment

JM Wright, MF MacIsaac, J Vieux… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) is the inability to achieve proper closure of the
velopharyngeal (VP) port, affecting speech and swallowing. The gold standard for diagnosis …

Demystifying Velopharyngeal Dysfunction for Plastic Surgery Trainees Part 3: Objective Assessment and Surgical Decision-Making

MF MacIsaac, JM Wright, J Vieux… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) is the inability to achieve proper closure of the
velopharyngeal (VP) port, affecting speech and swallowing. After an auditory-perceptual …

Deep learning based prediction of hypernasality for clinical applications

VC Mathad, K Chapman, J Liss… - ICASSP 2020-2020 …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hypernasality refers to the perception of excessive nasal resonance during the production of
oral sounds. Existing methods for automatic assessment of hypernasality from speech are …

Detection of nasalized voiced stops in cleft palate speech using epoch-synchronous features

CM Vikram, N Adiga… - IEEE/ACM Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The presence of velopharyngeal dysfunction in individuals with cleft palate (CP) nasalizes
the voiced stops. Due to this, voiced stops (/b/,/d/,/g/) tend to be perceive like nasal …

Home and Clinical Literacy practices for children with cleft lip and palate

TK Porod, BK Gorman - The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine experiences and practices related to
supporting literacy development and preventing reading difficulties in children with cleft lip …

Perceptions of Employability for Adolescents Related to Varying Degrees of Hypernasality: Making the Case for Interprofessional Collaboration & Advocacy in Speech …

BS Tye - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Objective: The primary aim of this investigation was to evaluate the impact listener
perception has on vocational success in adolescents with hypernasal speech. Methods …