Making sense of the cleft. Young adults' accounts of growing up with a cleft and deviant speech.
Individuals born with a cleft lip and palate risk developing a deviant appearance and speech during childhood and sometimes also as adults. In this study, 13 young adults born with a cleft (lip and) palate, who had had deviant speech in adolescence, participated in semi-structured interviews. The core category Making sense of the cleft, comprising the two categories Shaping one's attitude to the cleft and Dealing with being different with seven subcategories, describes the processes of developing self-image in relation to the cleft. The findings are believed to be relevant for individuals born with a cleft, their parents and caregivers.
Havstam
Christina
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Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation/Speech Pathology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, PO Box 452, SE-40530, Gothenburg, Sweden. christina.havstam@neuro.gu.se
Laakso
Katja
K
Ringsberg
Karin C
KC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012933:Social Identification; D055815:Young Adult