CV Lattes
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais (HRAC) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Bachelor's at Biomedical Sciences (1976), Master's in Physiology 1980) and Doctorate in Physiology (1990) from Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto/USP (1990). Currently is Full Professor at the Universidade de São Paulo. Has experience in Physiology, focusing on Respiratory Physiology, acting on the following subjects:upper airways, speech, breathing, sleep, cleft palate, craniofacial anomalies. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Acoustic rhinometry is a well-known technique for the assessment of nasal and nasopharyngeal geometry and patency, providing graphical data on cross-sectional areas and volumes. As part of a broader project, developed at the Laboratory of Physiology, USP Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, in which we have been investigating the efficiency and applications of the techni…
The distribution of expiratory airflow and acoustic vibrations to the oral cavity, during the production of speech oral sounds, and to the nasal cavity, during the production of nasal sounds, depends on the action of velopharyngeal structures (soft palate and pharyngeal walls). Velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) impairs speech in different ways, resulting in hypernasality, nasal air emissio…
Individuals with cleft palate, even after primary surgical correction of the anatomic defect, may present dysfunction of the velopharyngeal mechanism, leading to residual symptoms such as hypernasality, nasal air escape and compensatory articulations that impair speech intelligibility. The most widely used procedure for correcting this type of dysfunction is the pharyngeal flap surgery, w…
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