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Velopharyngeal Incompetence

Pseudo Mental Retardation as a Consequence

Sylvan E. Stool

Departments of Otolaryngology and Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1740 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19146

William Graham

Departments of Otolaryngology and Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1740 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19146

Peter Randall

Departments of Otolaryngology and Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1740 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19146

Velopharyngeal incompetence (failure of the soft palate to affect closure of the nasopharynx) may result in hypernasal or unintelligible speech, chronic otitis media with secondary conductive hearing loss, or even pseudomental retardation. Such devastating consequences make early diagnosis mandatory.

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Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 8, No. 1, 42-46 (1969)
DOI: 10.1177/000992286900800109
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