Consequences of phonological ability for intelligibility of speech in youngsters with cleft palate

Elisabeth Willadsen, Mads Poulsen

Abstract

 

In a previous Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) including children with unilateral cleft lip and palate, it was found that children who had the entire palate closed by 12 months of age had almost as good phonological abilities as a control group, whereas a group of children with a residual cleft in the hard palate performed significantly worse at 3 years of age (Willadsen, in press).

To investigate the influence of phonological ability on intelligibility of speech in 14 children from each of the 3 groups, an investigation including 84 lay listeners was conducted.

The lay listeners were presented with video clips of children performing the naming test used in the study mentioned. The video clips were presented on a computer screen, and the listener was instructed to write down what the child had said. Each listener was presented with a total of 60 words produced by 2 children from each of the 3 groups.

Based on a pilot study a difference between the groups was observed, suggesting that control children were most easily understood, followed by children with closed palates who were more easily understood than children with a residual cleft.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Publikationsdato2009
Antal sider1
StatusUdgivet - 2009
BegivenhedThe 11th International Congress on Cleft Lip and Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies - Forteleza, Brasilien
Varighed: 10 sep. 200910 sep. 2009
Konferencens nummer: 11

Konference

KonferenceThe 11th International Congress on Cleft Lip and Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies
Nummer11
Land/OmrådeBrasilien
ByForteleza
Periode10/09/200910/09/2009

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