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- Deborah_Jeter
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» Deborah_Jeter - This was submitted by a Wind Instrumentalist
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I am a sophomore clarinet player at the University of Georgia majoring in music education. I have an experience that I'd like to share that may be helpful to someone else out there. As my music progressed and became more difficult, I began to have problems playing because the air would leak into my nasal passage, causing all pressure and air support to go. This had become a major problem for me as far as playing is concerned. I went to see many doctors and did much research and finally, I was diagnosed as having palatal deficiency. This was common for speech, but I had no trouble there. I have a strong palatal muscle that has somehow compensated when I speak. I thought it was hopeless because I could not have any surgery to fix this. The procedure would have to be too perfect. We came up with the idea of some sort of mouthpiece to compensate for the palatal gap and found a solution! I was sent to a prosthodontist. He had never before seen this problem with playing a wind instrument, as with every doctor that I had seen, but he thought he could fix it. I am going Tuesday of next week to pick up my palatal lift appliance to wear when I play. I am so excited to know that I do not have to quit what I love! I just wanted to share this because there must be someone else out there with the very same problem. I can't be alone. Perhaps they have quit or done something else, but I am here to say that there is hope!! This was a hard experience for me and I thought it worthy of sharing with a resource such as this to reach educators and let them know that if there is a student with a problem like this, there is a solution.
Thank you!
-- posted by Deborah_Jeter
» Deborah_Jeter - Re: This was submitted by a Wind Instrumentalist
In response to message posted by Deborah_Jeter:Thank YOU for sharing! What a resourceful person you are to have the courage to research a solution and then put it into practice.
Bravo!
-- posted by Deborah_Jeter
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