Impact of Timing of Surgery on the Development of Speech in Toddlers with Repaired Cleft Lip and Palate

Impact of Timing of Palatal Repair on Resonance, Understandability, and Acceptability in Children with Repaired Cleft Lip and Palate

“…Nasal emission, nasal resonance, and speech intelligibility were rated on a 4 point severity rating scale using simple words, sentences, and spontaneous speech. The results showed that the delayed palatal closure group performed significantly poorer in articulation, phonation, oral resonance and speech intelligibility than early palatal closure group The study concluded that delayed closure of the hard palate significantly reduces the chance for normal speech development [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

“…The results revealed that the early intervention group had better and diversified phonetic inventory when compared to the delayed intervention group. It was concluded that the timing of the surgery of cleft lip and palate plays an important role in shaping the future communicative abilities [13].…”