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Preliminary Studies on
Efficacy of Prolonged Nasal Cul-De-Sac with High Pressure Speech
Acts (P.i.N.C.H.) on Hypernasality
Hélène Rosman Fisher, SLP.D.
CCC-SLP
Program Instructor and
Clinical Supervisor
Programs in Speech, Language , Communication
Disorders
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
United States |
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Citation: Fisher, H.
Preliminary studies on efficacy of prolonged nasal cul-de-sac with high
pressure speech acts (P.i.N.C.H.) on hypernasality. The Internet Journal
of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. January 2004. Volume 2 Number 1.
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Abstract
Prolonged Nasal Cul-De-Sac with High Pressure
Speech Acts (P.i.N.C.H.), a technique to treat hypernasality, was
developed upon the basis of four physiological principles of
velopharyngeal function. Preliminary experimental and clinical
studies were conducted to determine the efficacy of P.i.N.C.H. in
decreasing nasalance in 5 non-cleft palate subjects with
velopharyngeal incompetence over a 3-week to 22 month period of
time. Results revealed statistically significant decreases in
nasalance for posttreatment measures immediately after treatment
as well as over several months. It was concluded that P.i.N.C.H.
warrants further investigation.
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Keywords and terms:
hypernasality, velopharyngeal
incompetence , nasal cul-de-sac, speech therapy |
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