Peri-Pyriform Implant - Plastic Surgeon | 合法醫療器材資訊網

ThePeri-Pyriformimplantisusedtoaugmentthebaseofthenosearoundthepyriformapertureandacrossthepremaxillaryregion.

Q: Dr. Eppley, I understand that you are the inventor of the Brink Peri-Pyriform implant. I am writing you to inform you that this implant improved my speech and my life. I am American-born Chinese, and English is my native language. However, until I had the Peri-Pyriform implant put in, I always had a significant amount of difficulty speaking fluently and clearly.

All of my life, people have often told me that they could not hear, or make out, what I was saying, or that it seemed like I spoke with an “Asian American accent.” Several years ago, I noticed that words containing “ch”, “sh”, “j”, “zh”, “n”, and “r” sounds were especially difficult for me to articulate. I also began to notice that many other Asian people, both native and non-native English speakers, also exhibited these speech characteristics to varying degrees. Furthermore, as I am sure you already know, Asians typically have shorter h...