Case Report
Year: 2019 | Month: July | Volume: 9 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 282-284
A Single Case Study on Palatal Palsy
Anusha Rao Subramanian1, Perumal Santhanam Divya2 and Yamini Chandran3
1Postgraduate student, MERF Institute of Speech and Hearing (P) Ltd, Chennai, India
2Clinical supervisor, MERF Institute of Speech and Hearing (P) Ltd, Chennai, India
3Undergraduate student, MERF Institute of Speech and Hearing (P) Ltd, Chennai, India
Corresponding Author: Anusha Rao Subramanian
ABSTRACT
Idiopathic soft palate paralysis is a rare disorder that affects children and occasionally in adults. Typical clinical features are sudden onset, rhinolalia, and nasal escape of fluids from the ipsilateral nostril. This paper focuses on a 48-year-old male who reported with the complaint of sudden change in voice quality for the past 1 month.VLS revealed Left Vocal Cord Palsy and detailed speech language evaluation revealed Hoarse voice secondary to Left Vocal Cord Palsy with observed deviation of the soft palate resulting in suspicion of a condition called isolated palatal palsy.
Key words: Isolated paralysis, vocal cord palsy, palatal palsy, idiopathic