A case review of palatal perforation with syphilis and its study by phonetic philology.

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We encountered a patient with palatal perforation due to acquired atage 3 syphilis that has been very rarely observed in recent years.<BR>A 58-year-old male had dysphonia due to a perforation in the median line of the hard palate. After its closure with a palatal obturator, marked improvements were acoustically observed in pronunciation. Examination of voice and speech revealed improvements in speech articulation: from 67 to 89% for monosyllables and from 36 to 72% for meaningless threesyllables. Hydrodynamic examination, leak ago of expired air into the nasal cavity, which was observed before the application of the palatal obturator improved. Nasopharyngeal fiberscopy showed no disturbances in nasopharyngeal closure function before or after the application.
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