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Speech Outcome regarding Overall Intelligibility, Articulation, Resonance and Voice in Flemish Children a Year after Pharyngeal Flap Surgery

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Objective: The main purpose of this study is to determine the treatment effectiveness of pharyngeal flap surgery by measuring speech outcome 1 year after surgery. The authors hypothesized that flap surgery is an effective technique for velopharyngeal inadequacy resulting in improved intelligibility, decreased hypernasality and nasalance scores and normal voice characteristics. Patients and Methods: Objective (Nasometer, Dysphonia Severity Index) as well as subjective (perceptual evaluations) assessment techniques were performed in 7 subjects. Speech evaluations were performed 1 year after flap surgery and comparison was made between the speech results of the preoperative condition (1 week before surgery) and the first postoperative condition ( 6 weeks after surgery). Results: After pharyngeal flap surgery there was improved though still slightly impaired intelligibility, with normal nasality, normal nasalance values for standard Flemish speech and normal voice characteristics. The normal nasality and nasalance values were not present in the preoperative condition. Persistence of the incorrect production of the thrill sound /r/ and the fricatives /s/ and /sch/ were observed. Conclusion: It is likely that the slightly impaired speech intelligibility is determined by the presence of persistent articulation disorders. Copyright (c) 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel
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Pharyngeal flap surgery, Articulation, outcome, Velopharyngeal function, Resonance, Velopharyngeal insufficiency

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Van Lierde, Kristiane, et al. “Speech Outcome Regarding Overall Intelligibility, Articulation, Resonance and Voice in Flemish Children a Year after Pharyngeal Flap Surgery.” FOLIA PHONIATRICA ET LOGOPAEDICA, vol. 60, no. 5, 2008, pp. 223–32, doi:10.1159/000151242.
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Van Lierde, K., Bonte, K., Baudonck, N., Van Cauwenberge, P., & De Leenheer, E. (2008). Speech Outcome regarding Overall Intelligibility, Articulation, Resonance and Voice in Flemish Children a Year after Pharyngeal Flap Surgery. FOLIA PHONIATRICA ET LOGOPAEDICA, 60(5), 223–232. https://doi.org/10.1159/000151242
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Van Lierde, Kristiane, Katrien Bonte, Nele Baudonck, Paul Van Cauwenberge, and Els De Leenheer. 2008. “Speech Outcome Regarding Overall Intelligibility, Articulation, Resonance and Voice in Flemish Children a Year after Pharyngeal Flap Surgery.” FOLIA PHONIATRICA ET LOGOPAEDICA 60 (5): 223–32. https://doi.org/10.1159/000151242.
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Van Lierde, Kristiane, Katrien Bonte, Nele Baudonck, Paul Van Cauwenberge, and Els De Leenheer. 2008. “Speech Outcome Regarding Overall Intelligibility, Articulation, Resonance and Voice in Flemish Children a Year after Pharyngeal Flap Surgery.” FOLIA PHONIATRICA ET LOGOPAEDICA 60 (5): 223–232. doi:10.1159/000151242.
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Van Lierde K, Bonte K, Baudonck N, Van Cauwenberge P, De Leenheer E. Speech Outcome regarding Overall Intelligibility, Articulation, Resonance and Voice in Flemish Children a Year after Pharyngeal Flap Surgery. FOLIA PHONIATRICA ET LOGOPAEDICA. 2008;60(5):223–32.
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K. Van Lierde, K. Bonte, N. Baudonck, P. Van Cauwenberge, and E. De Leenheer, “Speech Outcome regarding Overall Intelligibility, Articulation, Resonance and Voice in Flemish Children a Year after Pharyngeal Flap Surgery,” FOLIA PHONIATRICA ET LOGOPAEDICA, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 223–232, 2008.
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  abstract     = {{Objective: The main purpose of this study is to determine the treatment effectiveness of pharyngeal flap surgery by measuring speech outcome 1 year after surgery. The authors hypothesized that flap surgery is an effective technique for velopharyngeal inadequacy resulting in improved intelligibility, decreased hypernasality and nasalance scores and normal voice characteristics. Patients and Methods: Objective (Nasometer, Dysphonia Severity Index) as well as subjective (perceptual evaluations) assessment techniques were performed in 7 subjects. Speech evaluations were performed 1 year after flap surgery and comparison was made between the speech results of the preoperative condition (1 week before surgery) and the first postoperative condition ( 6 weeks after surgery). Results: After pharyngeal flap surgery there was improved though still slightly impaired intelligibility, with normal nasality, normal nasalance values for standard Flemish speech and normal voice characteristics. The normal nasality and nasalance values were not present in the preoperative condition. Persistence of the incorrect production of the thrill sound /r/ and the fricatives /s/ and /sch/ were observed. Conclusion: It is likely that the slightly impaired speech intelligibility is determined by the presence of persistent articulation disorders. Copyright (c) 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel}},
  author       = {{Van Lierde, Kristiane and Bonte, Katrien and Baudonck, Nele and Van Cauwenberge, Paul and De Leenheer, Els}},
  issn         = {{1021-7762}},
  journal      = {{FOLIA PHONIATRICA ET LOGOPAEDICA}},
  keywords     = {{Pharyngeal flap surgery,Articulation,outcome,Velopharyngeal function,Resonance,Velopharyngeal insufficiency}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{223--232}},
  title        = {{Speech Outcome regarding Overall Intelligibility, Articulation, Resonance and Voice in Flemish Children a Year after Pharyngeal Flap Surgery}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1159/000151242}},
  volume       = {{60}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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