Delayed closure of the hard palate: A comparison of speech in children with open and functionally closed residual clefts

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-127

  Lohmander Agerskov, Anette ^a   Friede, Hans ^a   Lilja, Jan ^a   Söderpalm, Ewa ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cleft lip and palate; Compensatory articulation; Delayed hard palate closure; Functional closure; Residual cleft; Retracted articulation; Speech

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

EID: 0030011834     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02844319609056393     Document Type: Article

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