title: [A study on speech training methods for patients following cleft palate repair]
abstract: OBJECTIVE:This study is to improve speech articulations of patients following cleft palate repair. METHODS: 20 cases were treated with systemic speech trainning. The methods included testing speech articulations of pre-and post-training blowing and systemic speech training whose program was consonant (first step), syllable (second), word (third), sentence (forth), and (fifth). RESULTS: It is showed that their articulations improved from 48.1% to 97.1% on average,and,the improvement in speech was highly significant statistically(P<0.0001).The younger the patient was,the shorter the training circle was. CONCLUSION: Speech training can correct habit of compensatory pathologic articulation and improve articluation of patient following cleft palate repair.
authors.affiliation: School of Stomatology,Shanghai Second Medical University. Shanghai 200011,China.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Yuan