title: [Duration of speech therapy in patients with or without velopharyngeal insufficency after palatoplasty].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the duration of speech therapy of patients with or without velopharyngeal insufficency after palatoplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and one cleft-palate patients with velopharyngeal incompetence (VPI) and eighty-seven without VPI were selected in the study. The treatment times of the patients who completed the speech therapy were counted and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean treatment frequency in VPI group was 17 times, and in the group without VPI this number was 13 (P < 0.05). In 39 VPI patients with signs of velocardiofaical syndrome, the mean treatment frequency was 19 times, and the mean treatment frequency of the other 62 patents with nonsyndromic VPI was 15 times (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The duration of speech therapy in VPI patients is longger than that in patients without VPI after palatoplasy, but individualized treatment is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Cranio Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Cranio Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China.
authors.forename: Liping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Cranio Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China.
authors.forename: Qiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Cranio Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China. Email: guominwang@sh163b.sta.net.cn.
authors.forename: Guomin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Cranio Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Cranio Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China.
authors.forename: Teng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wan
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013070:Speech Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors; D014681:Velopharyngeal Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*