bobistheowl
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oldguyzer said:Uvuloplasties are typically done for sleep apnea, although chronic inflamations are also treated this way. It is major surgery and takes about a month to recover completely, although you are mobile and speaking in about three or four days. There is no real effect from a missing uvula as far as health, speech, or eating are concerned. There is *ahem* annecdotal evidence of deep-throating being much easier after removal of the uvula.
Sometimes speech is affected, sometimes not, but if affected it's a quick process to learn to ennunciate properly again.
There is *ahem* annecdotal evidence of deep-throating being much easier after removal of the uvula.
Or for someone who swallows swords in a sideshow, as an elective surgery?
What is/was the function of the uvula? Besides humans, what other primates/ mammals/ vertebrate groups have an uvula, and what purpose does it serve for them, if, perhaps, not for us?