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What is the term for a cleft in which the surface tissues of the soft and hard palates fuse, but the underlying muscle or bone tissues do not?
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Submucous cleft
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Which is the term used for the initial surgery in which the clefts are closed
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Primary surgery
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List the feeding difficulties seen frequently in infants born with cleft.
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1. Nasopharyngeal reflux
2, Aerophagia 3. Potential airway compromise |
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What type of hearing loss if frequently seen in children with cleft palates?
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Conductive hearing loss
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Speech difficulties in children with cleft palate are as a result of what condition?
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Velopharyngeal insufficiency
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How early can unilateral cleft lip be corrected in young children?
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As soon as 4 to 6 weeks.
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What is the function of the Tensor Veli Palatini muscle?
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Tensor Veli Palatini muscle opens the eustachian tube to equalize the pressure between middle ears and the atmosphere
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True or False. The velopharyngeal port is open during non-speech and non-pneumatic vegetative acts such as swallowing, sucking and vomiting.
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False
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List four variations in normal velopharyngeal port closure.
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1, Anterior-posterior closure pattern
2. Latero-medial closure pattern 3. Circular closure pattern 4. Circular + anterior closure pattern |
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True or False. vowel production require high velar elevation and tighter velopharyngeal port closure.
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False
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Munching feeding pattern in children occurs at what age?
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9 months
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True or False. A child with an incomplete cleft lip experiences feeding, hearing, resonance and speech difficulties
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False
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What age can a child undergo a primary surgery to close the hard and soft palate?
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12 to 18 months of age
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What is maxillary hypoplasia?
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Maxillary Hypoplasia is when maxilla does not grow as fast as the mandible.
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List speech therapy goals for velopharngeal insufficiency.
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1. Extinguish backing and compensatory articulations
2. Increase movement of the articulators during oral speech sounds 3. Increase lip, tongue and velar sounds 4. In corporate voicing |
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What is the difference between VP insufficiency and VP incompetence?
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VP insufficiency is when the velum is too short to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall, while VP incompetence is when the muscles controlling the soft palate or velum are impaired
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List some complication to VP surgery.
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1. Pain and discomfort
2. Scarring 3. Infection 4. Heavy snoring 5. Fistula formation |
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What is the purpose of prosthetics in VP in sufficiency treatment?
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Prosthetics in VPI treatments are used to decrease glottal gap.
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Enlarged adenoids can obstruct the eusthacian tube opening causing what condition?
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Otitis media
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True or False. VPI, fistulae and cleft results in hypernasality.
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True
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