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Abstract
A therapeutic intervention in a case of severe dysarthria after closed-head injury is described. The patient, whose articulation was characterized by a severe velopharyngeal incompetence, was supplied with a palatal lift prosthesis. In order to help the patient improve his remaining deficit of lingual motor control he was further treated with an EPG feedback device. The clinically relevant details of this intervention are described and the treatment effects are documented on the basis of EPG, acoustic, and perceptual data.