- velopharyngeal closure
- closure of nasal air escape by the elevation of the soft palate and contraction of the posterior pharyngeal wall. See also under adequacy and under insufficiency.
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velopharyngeal closure
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velopharyngeal adequacy — sufficient velopharyngeal closure so that air and hence sound cannot enter the nasopharyngeal and nasal cavities. Cf. velopharyngeal insufficiency … Medical dictionary
velopharyngeal insufficiency — inability to achieve velopharyngeal closure, due to muscular dysfunction, deficiency of the soft palate or superior constrictor muscle, cleft palate, or some other disorder; it often results in a speech disorder. Called also velopharyngeal… … Medical dictionary
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