Module 13 Flashcards

1
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Non cleft causes of VPI

A
  • Palatopharyngeal disproportion
  • Mechanical obstruction
  • VP Incompetency
  • VP Mislearning
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What is Palatopharyngeal disproportion and what are the causes?

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The distance from the soft palate to the velum are abnormally far away from each other.
Potential causes:
- short hard palate (brings soft palate forward)
- short soft palate
- excessive pharyngeal depth
- cervical spine anomalies (cervical abnormalities)
- flattened cranial base (skull abnormalities)
- removal of an adenoid pad

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Causes of Mechanical obstruction

A
  • excessively large palatine tonsils
  • tonsilar interference
  • adenoid interference
  • structurally anomalous facial pillars (posterior pillar webbing)
  • inadequate movement of velum
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what is VP Incompetency?

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neurological damage—mobility problems

- know that this is seen in the context of a dysarthria

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