Improving quality of life in palliative care: palatal lift prosthesis in a patient with periodontal disease
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DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2024-263574
Abstract: A man in his late 50s was referred by a speech and language therapist for consideration of a palatal lift prosthesis (PLP) to improve his speech intelligibility. He presented with hypokinetic dysarthria characterised by reduced… read more here.
Keywords: palatal lift; improving quality; lift prosthesis; quality life ... See more keywords
Evaluation of a palatal lift prosthesis with a flexible lift in a lower cranial nerve palsy patient with dysphagia using high-resolution manometry: A case report.
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DOI: 10.2186/jpr.jpr_d_20_00128
Abstract: PATIENT Palatal lift prostheses (PLPs) are used for dysarthria caused by velopharyngeal incompetence (VPI) and improving hypernasal speech. In this case, we used a PLP with a flexible lift (f-PLP) in a patient with dysphagia… read more here.
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