Open AccessVelopharyngeal Structural and Functional Assessment of Speech in Young Children Using Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Author(s) -
Jamie L. Perry,
David P. Kuehn,
Bradley P. Sutton,
Xiangming Fang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the cleft palate-craniofacial journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.641
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1545-1569
pISSN - 1055-6656
DOI - 10.1597/15-120
Subject(s) - velopharyngeal insufficiency , phonation , magnetic resonance imaging , coronal plane , medicine , audiology , orthodontics , anatomy , radiology
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate a novel method for examining the velopharyngeal mechanism using static and dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at the sentence-level production in young children with normal anatomy. This study examined whether velopharyngeal events occurring in the midsagittal plane are correlated to muscle events occurring along the plane of velopharyngeal closure. Adenoid involvement in velopharyngeal function was also explored.