Speech in 6 year old children with sub-mucous cleft palate.
Speech in 83 children (in total) with sub-mucous cleft palate was evaluated at the age of 6 years. Velopharyngeal insufficiency was graded on the basis of perceptual assessment, taking into account the co-existence of various velopharyngeal insufficiency characteristics in speech. Out of 56 patients operated with a velopharyngeal flap to eliminate velo-pharyngeal insufficiency, 42 of them (75%) achieved normal velopharyngeal function in speech. Dento-alveolar misarticulations were found in 35% of the children. Misar-ticulations occurred independently of velopharyngeal insufficiency.
Eye, Ear and Oral Diseases, Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Phoniatrics in Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland. elina.isotalo@pshp.fi
Elina
E
Isotalo
Joonas
J
Pulkkinen
Marja-Leena
ML
Haapanen
D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013065:Speech Intelligibility / Q000502:physiology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014681:Velopharyngeal Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery