Speech and satisfaction with outcome of treatment in young adults with unilateral or bilateral complete clefts.
Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg
; 42(4): 182-9, 2008.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18763193
ABSTRACT
Thirty-five young adults (22-32 years old, mean 25) born with complete unilateral or bilateral clefts participated in a follow-up of speech, appearance, and teeth after treatment. They completed a questionnaire about their satisfaction with their speech, nose, lip, and teeth on visual analogue scales, and indicated on two overall questions how often they thought about their cleft, and how often they were asked questions about their speech, nose, or lip. Their speech was recorded and assessed blindly and independently by two speech and language pathologists. Participants' satisfaction with their speech did not correlate significantly with the speech assessments. Satisfaction with the nose had the highest correlation with the overall questions. No participant indicated more dissatisfaction with speech than the midpoint of the scale, making conclusions about covariance between satisfaction with speech and the overall questions difficult.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Speech
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Cleft Lip
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Cleft Palate
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Patient Satisfaction
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Sweden