Treatment of Cleft Lip and Palate in the Amazon Region in Brazil: Speech Results and Sociodemographic Aspects

CONCLUSIONS: Most individuals with repaired CLP from the Amazon region presented speech disorders, characterized by hypernasality and active errors. Patients living outside the state capital, of low socioeconomic level, underwent palatoplasty late and with presence of palatal fistula tended to have the worst speech outcomes.PMID:34032142 | DOI:10.1177/10556656211017791

Source: The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal - May 25, 2021 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Laryssa Lopes de Ara újo Nivaldo Alonso Ana Paula Fukushiro Source Type: research