Fonapp: An Application to Help Speech Therapy in Patients With Cleft Lip and Palatine

Abstract

Among the birth defects commonly found in babies, cleft lip and palate, in general, is present in 1 in every 600 live births in the world. Individuals who are born with this condition deal in their daily lives with problems related to eating, speaking, listening, as well as psychological stresses in addition to problems with their social life, linked to aesthetic deformation. Treatment is performed through surgery followed by speech therapy sessions to correct speech. In this context, a mobile application was developed to assist speech therapy in patients with cleft lip and palate entitled FonApp. The use of this application as a tool during the speech therapy process can provide patients who have complications related to mobility or difficult access, the follow-up assisted by the speech therapist and allowing these patients to continue their care in a practical and efficient way at a distance. Among the features of the FonApp application, we can mention: creation of a record for the patient and the speech therapist, separation of complete and incomplete activities, recording of lessons by the speech therapist, exchange of support messages between the patient and the speech therapist, as well as an identity visual.