Speech, language, voice, resonance and hearing disorders in patients with cleft lip and palate
Prathanee, B.; Thanawirattananit, P.; Thanaviratananich, S.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 96(Suppl 4): S71-S80
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-2208 PMID: 24386745 Document Number: 14987
To estimate the prevalence of speech, language, and hearing disorders in patients with cleft palate with or without cleft lip. All data were retrieved from 384 medical records, transferred to case record forms and analyzed. The oronasal fistula rate was 15.25% (95% confidence interval: CI 11.49-19.02). The overall rates of delayed language development, articulation disorders, resonance disorders, voice disorders, and hearing disorders were 16.33% (95% CI = 12.65-20.69), 88.56% (84.47-92.65), 43.26% (95% CI = 36.58-49.93), 19.13% (95% CI = 14.26-24.82), and 79.49% (95% CI = 74.28-84.70), respectively. For speech and hearing, rates of abnormality were very high compared with those reported in the previous studies. Treatment protocols should receive more attention and intervention.