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Phonology in Swedish-speaking 5-year-olds born with unilateral cleft lip and palate and the relationship with consonant production at 3 years of age

Klintö, Kristina LU orcid ; Salameh, Eva-Kristina LU and Lohmander, Anette (2016) In International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 18(2). p.147-156
Abstract

PURPOSE: At ∼3 years of age ∼50% of the children born with cleft palate present with phonological/articulatory difficulties. Differences between children with and without cleft palate have been reported to decline with age; however, the phonology in children with cleft palate at pre-school age/early school age has rarely been explored. The purpose of this study was to assess phonology in children with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) at age 5 and its relationship with performances at 3 years of age.

METHOD: The study included 29 children with UCLP and 20 without UCLP. Percentage correct consonants adjusted for age (PCC-A) and number of consistent phonological simplification processes were assessed from phonetic... (More)

PURPOSE: At ∼3 years of age ∼50% of the children born with cleft palate present with phonological/articulatory difficulties. Differences between children with and without cleft palate have been reported to decline with age; however, the phonology in children with cleft palate at pre-school age/early school age has rarely been explored. The purpose of this study was to assess phonology in children with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) at age 5 and its relationship with performances at 3 years of age.

METHOD: The study included 29 children with UCLP and 20 without UCLP. Percentage correct consonants adjusted for age (PCC-A) and number of consistent phonological simplification processes were assessed from phonetic transcriptions. In addition, a descriptive analysis of phonological/articulatory processes was performed.

RESULT: The children with UCLP displayed significantly lower PCC-A and more phonological processes at age 5 years than peers without UCLP. The correlations between the outcomes at 3 and 5 years of age were significant.

CONCLUSION: Still at 5 years of age many children with cleft palate have phonological problems and it is possible to identify children at risk for impaired phonology at earlier age.

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Child Language, Child, Preschool, Cleft Lip/complications, Cleft Palate/complications, Female, Humans, Male, Phonetics, Speech, Speech Disorders/etiology, Speech Production Measurement, Sweden
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International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
volume
18
issue
2
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147 - 156
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Taylor & Francis
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  • scopus:84958883826
  • pmid:27172850
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1754-9515
DOI
10.3109/17549507.2015.1081287
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English
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  author       = {{Klintö, Kristina and Salameh, Eva-Kristina and Lohmander, Anette}},
  issn         = {{1754-9515}},
  keywords     = {{Child Language; Child, Preschool; Cleft Lip/complications; Cleft Palate/complications; Female; Humans; Male; Phonetics; Speech; Speech Disorders/etiology; Speech Production Measurement; Sweden}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{147--156}},
  publisher    = {{Taylor & Francis}},
  series       = {{International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology}},
  title        = {{Phonology in Swedish-speaking 5-year-olds born with unilateral cleft lip and palate and the relationship with consonant production at 3 years of age}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2015.1081287}},
  doi          = {{10.3109/17549507.2015.1081287}},
  volume       = {{18}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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