title: [Orthodontic and orthophonic neonatal guidance in facial cleft].
abstract: Babbling, which prepares pronunciation, the first articulatory movements and the most important 'imitation-interchange mechanism' with the parents, appears as early as age 3 months. According to the method that we proposed in Toronto in 1977, the soft palate is closed at age 3 months, whereas the hard palate remains open till 6 months of age. We think now that the fact of allowing the timely development of these primordial functions by provisional closure of the hard palate with a thin palatal plate and by parental guidance as early as 3 months of age should bring about additional progress.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Saint-Michel, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Psaume
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*
vernacular_title: Guidance orthognathique et orthophonique néonatale en cas de fente faciale.