label: congenital velopharyngeal incompetence
label_lc: congenital velopharyngeal incompetence
description: "Failure of the soft palate to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall to close the opening between the oral and nasal cavities. Incomplete velopharyngeal closure is primarily related to surgeries (adenoidectomy; cleft palate) or an incompetent palatopharyngeal sphincter. It is characterized by hypernasal speech."