Speech Outcomes after Tonsillectomy in Patients with Known Velopharyngeal Insufficiency

Table 2

Nasal endoscopy scores.

Pt.	Indication for tons.	CP type	Initial cleft repair	Protons. endoscopy	Posttons. endoscopy	Speech intelligibility			VPI Severity
						Preop.	postop.	Diff.	Preop.	Postop.	Diff.
4	VPI	SM	Unk.	Palate 9 lat 4	Palate 9 lat 4	2	2	0	2	2	0
5	VPI	None	None	Palate 7 lat 2	Palate 9 lat 4	2	2	0	3	2	−1
6	VPI	UC	2 flap	Palate 0 lat 0	Palate 0 lat 1	3	2	−1	2	2	0
7	VPI	UC	2 flap	Palate 9 lat 2	Palate 9 lat 1	3	2	−1	1	2	1
9	VPI	UC	2 flap	Palate 1 lat 1	Palate 2 lat 1	3	4	1	4	4	0
12	VPI	UC	2 flap	Palate 5 lat 1	Palate 5 lat 3	4	4	0	4	4	0
15	Recurrent strep + VPI	I	2 flap	Palate 8 lat 4	Palate 9 lat 4	2	1	−1	1	2	1
16	VPI	None	None	Palate 9 lat 4	Palate 7/8, lat 1	3	3	0	3	3	0
17	OSA	UC	2 flap	Palate 8 lat 0	Palate 8 lat 1	2	2	0	2	2	0
22	VPI	SM	furlow	Palate 4 lat 0	Palate 3.5 lat 1	4	4	0	3	3	0

Patient characteristics. Tons: tonsillectomy. Cleft type: UC: unilateral complete, BC: bilateral complete, SM: submucous, I: incomplete. Unk.: unknown. Endoscopy scores: palate: palatal movement, lat: lateral wall movement. Scores according to the Golding-Kushner Scale, adjusted to 0–10 scale.