title: Speech, language, and hearing management of the child with cleft palate.
abstract: The management of the patient with cleft palate requires a multi-disciplinary team approach. The end result, from a speech, language, and hearing perspective is to have a child enter school at age 5 with as near normal a speech profile as possible. This is due to an assessment that looks at receptive and expressive language, hearing, speech, and resonance. Early assessment and detection of problems then allows for timely and early intervention and essential parent guidance.
authors.affiliation: Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children's Hospital, Department of Speech Language Pathology/Audiology, Providence, RI, USA.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014833:Voice Quality