velopharyngeal insufficiency

How Is VPI Treated?

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How Is VPI Treated? VPI is treated with surgery or a special speech appliance that your child wears in their mouth. VPM is treated with speech therapy. VP incompetence is treated with speech therapy and sometimes with a speech appliance or surgery. How is velopharyngeal insufficiency treated? The treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency or velopharyngeal incompetence

How Do You Test For Velopharyngeal Insufficiency?

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How Do You Test For Velopharyngeal Insufficiency? Endoscopy, using a medical device with lights attached that allow doctors to see inside the mouth. Videofluoroscopy, a type of X-ray that uses a liquid called barium to provide contrast that makes it easy for a doctor to examine the back of the mouth. How do you assess