Unrepaired clefts in the hard palate: Speech deficits at the ages of 5 and 7 years and their relationship to size of the cleft

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 332-339

  Lohmander, Anette ^a   Persson, Christina ^a   Owman Moll, Py ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cleft lip and palate; Cleft size; Residual cleft; Speech; Speech therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PALATOPLASTY; PLASTER CAST; RELIABILITY; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; SWEDEN; TAPE RECORDER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, HARD; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 0036929412     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028443102321096320     Document Type: Article

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