The impact of palatal repair before and after 6 months of age on speech characteristics

Speech outcomes following Sommerlad primary palatoplasty: Results of the Ghent University Hospital

“…None of the patients presented with severe hypernasalit y, which was i n alignment with the results of previous studies (Andrades et al, 2008;Doucet et al, 2013;Luyten et al, 2014;Luyten et al, 2013;Sommerlad et al, 2004) .…”

“…In line with the findings by Luyten et al (2013) more omissions and substitutions were present in the patient group than in the control group . On the other hand, more patients with at least one present phonological process were found by Luyten et al (2014); Luyten et al (2013) than in this study. As the patient groups had a similar age at the moment of the assessment, this difference might be explained by the internal standard the assessor s applied when performing the phonetic and phonological anal ysis (Sell, 2005 Lewis, Watterson, & Houghton, 2003) , other studies did not (Brunnegård, Lohmander, & van Doorn, 2009;Tönz et al, 2002).…”

“…As such, this would allow for within -center and inter-center comparisons (Shaw et al, 2005). Comparison of the results of the phonetic and phonological anal ysis was onl y possible with the studies by Luyten et al (2014); Luyten et al (2013) as in those studies a similar approach was used. In line with the findings by Luyten et al (2013) more omissions and substitutions were present in the patient group than in the control group .…”

The Association Between Age at Palatoplasty and Speech and Language Outcomes in Children With Cleft Palate: An Observational Chart Review Study

“…In addition to these altered articulation patterns, children with cleft palate (CP) more commonly employ phonological processes at 3 to 4 years of age compared with noncleft peers (Chapman, 1993). Therefore, it is not surprising that an extensive literature suggests that earlier palatoplasty is associated with more typical speech development (Holdsworth, 1954; Jolleys, 1954; Peet, 1961; Cleveland and Falk, 1970; Evans and Renfrew, 1974; Kaplan et al, 1974; Dorf and Curtin, 1982; Randall et al, 1983; O’Gara and Logemann, 1988; O’Gara et al, 1994; Rohrich et al, 1996; Marrinan et al, 1998; Ysunza et al, 1998; Hardin-Jones and Jones, 2005; De Mey et al, 2006; Chapman et al, 2008; Jackson et al, 2013; Luyten et al, 2014). In the United States, studies such as these have helped to spur the decrease in average age at palatoplasty from 18 to 24 months in the 1970s to 11 months in the 1990s (Peterson-Falzone, 1996).…”

Prenatal diagnosis of cleft lip and palate: Evaluation of the accuracy of obstetric ultrasonography depending on the cleft type

“…Erken onarım başarılı konuşma sonuçları ve uzun vadede sağlıklı psikososyal gelişim için günümüzde yeğlenen yaklaşım olarak öne çıkmaktadır (5,6) . Bu hastalar doğum-dan itibaren birçok bölümün birlikte yakın takibini gerektirmektedir (7,8) .…”