About The Medical Condition Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal

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Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal

Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal?

Failure of the soft palate to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall. It may be caused by cleft palate surgery, palatal or pharyngeal abnormalities or injury, or neuromuscular dysfunction of the velopharyngeal sphincter. It causes hypernasality of speech.

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