Northwest Missouri State University

Staff News


March 5, 2008

Dr. Chris Gibson

Dr. Chris Gibson, associate professor of music, has been invited to lecture on current trends in treating palatal air leak (stress velopharyngeal insufficiency) at the University of Oklahoma-Norman Clarinet Symposium June 5-7.

Palatal air leak is a condition caused by a physical defect, injury or dysfunction that allows air to escape into the nasal passages while a woodwind player is blowing through the mouth.

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