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Velopharyngeal Status of Stop Consonants and Vowels Produced by Young Children With and Without Repaired Cleft Palate at 12, 14, and 18 Months of Age: A Preliminary Analysis.
- Source :
- Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research; Jun2017, Vol. 60 Issue 6, p1467-1476, 10p, 3 Charts, 7 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Purpose: The objective was to determine velopharyngeal (VP) status of stop consonants and vowels produced by young children with repaired cleft palate (CP) and typically developing (TD) children from 12 to 18 months of age. Method: Nasal ram pressure (NRP) was monitored in 9 children (5 boys, 4 girls) with repaired CP with or without cleft lip and 9 TD children (5 boys, 4 girls) at 12, 14, and 18 months of age. VP status was categorized as open or closed for oral stops and vowels in three contexts—consonant–vowel syllables, vowel–consonant–vowel syllables, and isolated vowels—on the basis of the presence or absence of positive nasal ram pressure. Results: At 12 months of age, TD children produced 98% of stops and vowels in syllables with VP closure throughout the entire segment compared with 81% of stops and vowels for children with CP (p < .0001). There were no significant group differences at 14 or 18 months of age. Conclusions: TD children exhibit consistent VP closure for stop consonants and vowels at 12 months of age. Some children with repaired CP do not achieve consistent closure until 14 months of age, approximately 3 to 4 months following palate repair. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- VELOPHARYNGEAL insufficiency
CONSONANTS
CLEFT palate children
ENGLISH vowels
RAM pressure
VERBAL ability in children
SYLLABLE (Grammar)
PHONETICS
PHARYNX physiology
CLEFT palate
COMPARATIVE studies
LANGUAGE acquisition
LONGITUDINAL method
SOFT palate
PROBABILITY theory
RESEARCH funding
SPEECH evaluation
LOGISTIC regression analysis
INTER-observer reliability
DATA analysis software
MEDICAL coding
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHILDREN
SURGERY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10924388
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 123570742
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1044/2016_JSLHR-S-16-0259