Speech Results in 10-Year-Old Children With Isolated Cleft Palate
Most children had sufficient velopharyngeal function and fully intelligible speech at 10 years; however, only 58% had normal articulation. CP+ children had generally poorer speech than CP- children. Robin sequence patients had significantly more oral articulation errors than CP- patients.
Authors
- Suvi Alaluusua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2586-7650)
- Anika Szwedyc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4399-1639)
- Junnu Leikola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8563-291X)
- Virve Koljonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0398-4829)
- Terhi Evakoski
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/scs.0000000000012215
- Primary Topic
- Cleft Lip and Palate Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00