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01-12-2010 | Review Article

Speech Therapy with Obturator

Authors: A. Shyammohan, D. Sreenivasulu

Published in: The Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society | Issue 4/2010

Abstract

Rehabilitation of speech is tantamount to closure of defect in cases with velopharyngeal insufficiency. Often the importance of speech therapy is sidelined during the fabrication of obturators. Usually the speech part is taken up only at a later stage and is relegated entirely to a speech therapist without the active involvement of the prosthodontist. The article suggests a protocol for speech therapy in such cases to be done in unison with a prosthodontist.

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Title: Speech Therapy with Obturator
Authors: A. Shyammohan
D. Sreenivasulu
Publication date: 01-12-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: The Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society / Issue 4/2010
Print ISSN: 0972-4052
Electronic ISSN: 1998-4057
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13191-011-0044-2

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