Language of Cleft Infants: Lessening the Risk of Delay Through Programming

Lynch, Joan

doi:10.1055/s-2008-1064284

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“…43, 1996 Reproduced by Sabinet Gateway under licence granted by the Publisher (dated 2012) early in life implies a complex reciprocal interaction over time between infants with cleft lip and palate and their environment, resulting in an ever-changing profile of their speech and language development. For example, the transactional interaction of biological risk factors within the infant with a cleft lip and palate can be seen as the physiological malformation of the speech and hearing mechanisms (Lynch, 1986) impacting on the neuromotor encoding and auditory decoding skills of the infant (Bzoch in Russell & Grunwell, 1993), which may contribute to the speech and language delay evidenced in these infants. Intermittent attacks of otitis media as well as discrete environmental events such as surgery resulting in family stress, add to a developmental profile which changes not only as a result of development itself.…”

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Early communication functioning of infants with cleft lip and palate

Kritzinger¹,

Louw²,

Hugo³

1996

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This study investigated the early communication functioning and hearing abilities of 44 infants with cleft lip and palate, ages 3 to 31 months old. The results revealed that 64% of the subjects had a history of recurrent otitis media with effusion and 33% displayed associated anomalies. 26% of the subjects had mild hearing losses and middle ear pathology at the time of data collection. The subjects as a group displayed average developmental levels for perceptual-cognitive, socio-personal and receptive language skills, but a limited phonetic repertoire and a statistically significant expressive language delay. The results indicated that the subjects experienced a motor developmental delay, but this was not statistically significant. The implications for early communication intervention are to conduct regular hearing measurements and to conduct regular parent-centered therapy with individualized home programmes. Efforts should be directed towards expanding early communication intervention services to include all infants with cleft lip and palate in South Africa.

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