A Practical Cleft Palate Training Model

Speech Training for Cases of Cleft Palate

Cleft Palate

An infant born with a cleft palate inherits many handicaps. Unable to develop intraoral negative pressure, he cannot suckle and hence cannot feed in a normal fashion. Furthermore, on swallowing, he expels his feedings through the nose. The open cleft, because of failure to warm and moisten the inspired air, produces a continuing sore throat. The middle ears become secondarily involved with sero...

Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate

Cleft lip (cheiloschisis) and cleft palate (palatoschisis) can occur individual or together. Individuals with CLP may experience problems with feeding, speaking, hearing and social integration that can be corrected to varying degrees by surgery, dental treatment, speech therapy and psychological intervention. In India over 35,000 babies per year are affected. This review signifies the etiologic...

Results of articulation training on 60 cleft palate patients

(2) A longer period of training was required for the patients with more glottal stop sounds to reach normal or near-normal speech. In the younger age group, normal speech was reached within 6 months for the patients with fewer glottal stop sounds, and within 18 months for the cases with more glottal stop sounds. In the older age group, normal or near-normal speech was reached within 9 months fo...

Chest Malformations and Cleft Palate

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