Module 13

Question 1

Non cleft causes of VPI

Answer 1

• Palatopharyngeal disproportion
• Mechanical obstruction
• VP Incompetency
• VP Mislearning

Question 2

What is Palatopharyngeal disproportion and what are the causes?

Answer 2

The distance from the soft palate to the velum are abnormally far away from each other.
Potential causes:
- short hard palate (brings soft palate forward)
- short soft palate
- excessive pharyngeal depth
- cervical spine anomalies (cervical abnormalities)
- flattened cranial base (skull abnormalities)
- removal of an adenoid pad

Question 3

Causes of Mechanical obstruction

Answer 3

• excessively large palatine tonsils
• tonsilar interference
• adenoid interference
• structurally anomalous facial pillars (posterior pillar webbing)
• inadequate movement of velum

Question 4

what is VP Incompetency?

Answer 4

neurological damage—mobility problems

- know that this is seen in the context of a dysarthria