title: An analysis of the frame-content theory in babble of 9-month-old babies with cleft lip and palate.
abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the consonant-vowel co-occurrence patterns predicted by the Frame-Content theory in 16 nine-month-old babies with unrepaired cleft palate (±cleft lip) and 16 age-matched non-cleft babies. Babble from these babies was phonetically transcribed and grouped according to the intrasyllabic predictions of the theory (labial-central, alveolar-front, and velar-back). Both groups demonstrated the three consonant-vowel co-occurrence patterns predicted by the Frame-Content theory. Other patterns not predicted by the Frame-Content theory emerged as strong patterns as well.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The reader will be able to: • Describe consonant-vowel co-occurrence patterns produced by babies with and without cleft palate. • Describe vowel inventories of babies with cleft palate. • Identify possible therapy targets for babies with cleft palate.
authors: University of Wyoming, Division of Communication Disorders, Laramie, WY 82072, USA. gstout83@gmail.com
authors: Gwendolyn
authors: G
authors: Stout
authors: Mary
authors: M
authors: Hardin-Jones
authors: Kathy L
authors: KL
authors: Chapman
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002663:Child Language; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000523:psychology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010700:Phonetics; D002666:Psychology, Child; D013060:Speech