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10839414

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
We report the speech outcome in 90 children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate who underwent soft palate repair either between 3 and 7 months of age (n = 40) or later than 7 months of age (n = 50). In all patients, palatoplasty was performed by one of two experienced surgeons using a modification of the Furlow technique, and speech evaluations were conducted using the Pittsburgh Weighted Values for Speech Symptoms Associated with Velopharyngeal Incompetence by two speech pathologists with high inter-rater reliability. There were no differences between the groups with respect to resonance, nasal air emission, and articulation. Velopharyngeal function, as measured by the total speech score, was similar between the two groups of patients, as were the rates of secondary pharyngoplasty. These results suggest that very early closure of the soft palate may not offer significant benefit over repair later in infancy with respect to speech outcome.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0032-1052
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
105
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2127-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Cleft palate repair at 3 to 7 months of age.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, at the University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 19104-4399, USA. kirschner@email.chop.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article