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I Am 15year Old Boy My Cleft Pallete

I am 15year old boy from brighton,alabamawith a cleft pallete and i really need help on making it better when i talk all of the air comes out my nose instead of my mouth so if anyone can help me on exercises i could use one making my speech better please help me i have lost all of my self-esteem to talk and courage
Fri, 20 Aug 2010
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Nasal speech may not be totally correctable with speech therapy alone.Some amount of nasality may persist after a palate repair but if it is to an extent that peple do not understand you then you need to be examined by a Plastic surgeon and in some cases Pharyngoplasty-a surgery to reduce the nasal escape may help.
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I Am 15year Old Boy My Cleft Pallete

Nasal speech may not be totally correctable with speech therapy alone.Some amount of nasality may persist after a palate repair but if it is to an extent that peple do not understand you then you need to be examined by a Plastic surgeon and in some cases Pharyngoplasty-a surgery to reduce the nasal escape may help.