Methodology for speech assessment in the scandcleft project - An international randomized clinical trial on palatal surgery: Experiences from a pilot study

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-362

  Lohmander, Anette ^a   Willadsen, E ^b   Persson, C ^a   Henningsson, G ^c   Bowden, M ^d   Hutters, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Composite score; Cross linguistic; Multicenter comparison; Speech assessment; Speech outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATOPLASTY; PATHOLOGIST; PHONETICS; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; VIDEORECORDING; VOWEL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 67650137039     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/08-039.1     Document Type: Article

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