Impact of obturation of palatal fistulae on speech quality and aerodynamic parameters in patients with cleft palates.
Folia Phoniatr Logop
; 65(4): 171-7, 2013.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-24356258
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The aim of this prospective study was to measure nasal and oral airflow during speech, before and after obturation. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
Included were children aged 3-18 years with nonsyndromic clefts and palatal fistulae. The corpus used was syllable /pi/; a sentence containing stop consonants and a nasal phoneme; and the description of a picture of a scene. Analysis criteria were percentage of nasality; value of average flow for the explosion; perceived nasality and intelligibility; and tolerance of the proposed device.RESULTS:
Only 5 children were included due to the observation of an increase in the percentage of nasality after obturation. The value of average flow for the explosion increased in all patients. A decrease in perceived nasality was noted in all but 1 patient. An improvement in intelligibility was observed in 3 out of the 5 children. The tolerance of the device was good.CONCLUSION:
While the small number of patients studied does not permit firm conclusions concerning the efficiency of the obturation, the method described, as well as the introduction of 'speed of explosion' of stop consonants, offer new perspectives to prospectively study obturator effects on speech.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Palatal Obturators
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Speech Intelligibility
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Speech Production Measurement
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Speech Therapy
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Oral Fistula
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Cleft Palate
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Pulmonary Ventilation
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Folia Phoniatr Logop
Journal subject:
PATOLOGIA DA FALA E LINGUAGEM
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France