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With these tubes, patients are able to generate enough air around the tube to phonate, providing they have adequate respiratory muscle strength and can overcome the extra work of breathing needed to circulate air around the tube. With a tongue blade on the central portion of the tongue, the patient was asked to phonate in order to tense the oropharyngeal musculature and medialize the tonsils. [69] Depth at this point is measured by pushing the vocal process (with a microelevator or with a special measuring instrument) while the patient phonates. |
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