De prevalentie- en incidentiecijfers geven aan dat schisis (of een lip- en/of kaak- en/of verhemeltespleet) in Afrika (gemiddeld 0.6/1000 geboortes) minder frequent voorkomt in vergelijking met de Caucasische en Aziatische bevolking (gemiddeld 1.2 en 1.9/1000 geboortes). Desondanks is het aantal onbehandelde …

Een stoornis van het velofaryngale mechanisme leidt tot een gestoorde spraakproductie. Velofaryngale stoornissen kunnen veroorzaakt worden door een anatomisch, neurogeen of functioneel defect. Om de spraak en spraakverstaanbaarheid bij deze patiënten te optimaliseren worden verschillende behandelingsmogelijkheden …

The purpose of this controlled study is to determine satisfaction with speech and facial appearance in Flemish pre-pubescent children with unilateral cleft lip and palate. Forty-three subjects with unilateral cleft lip and palate and 43 age and gender matched controls participated in this study. The …

AIMS: The aim of this study was to obtain normative nasalance values for typically developing Ugandan English-speaking children as a reference point for clinical practice and further research. METHODS: Sixty-nine typically developing Ugandan children (35 males and 34 females, 2.7-13.5 years of age) participated …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of partial glossectomy (using the keyhole technique) on speech intelligibility, articulation, resonance and oromyofunctional behavior. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A partial glossectomy was performed in 4 children with Beckwith- Wiedemann syndrome …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to determine objective vocal quality, vocal characteristics, and vocal habits in future speech language pathology (SLP) students and to evaluate the possible impact of a provided vocal counseling procedure. A comparison of vocal data was done in SLP students who …

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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to provide a description of the language and speech (intelligibility, voice, resonance, articulation) in a 7-year-old Dutch speaking boy with Nager syndrome. To reveal these features comparison was made with an age and gender related child with a similar palatal …

This study determined the intelligibility (words, sentences and story telling) of 43 children (mean age 4.9 years) with unilateral cleft lip and palate who received a Wardill–Kilner palatoplasty, as judged by their parents and determined the influence of age and gender. A comparison with normative data …