Diagnosis and treatment of speech disorders in children with a cleft (lip and) palate : a state-of-the-art overview
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- Cassandra Alighieri (UGent) , Kim Bettens (UGent) , Charlotte Scheerens, Fien Allemeersch (UGent) , Tara Mouton (UGent) , Greet Hens and Kristiane Van Lierde (UGent)
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- In children born with a cleft in the palate with or without a cleft in the lip (CP +/- L), velopharyngeal insufficiency may persist even after successful surgical closure of the palate. This results in speech disorders including both resonance and speech sound disorders. These speech disorders may have a severe impact on the children's speech understandability and speech acceptability which may, in turn, influence psychosocial well-being, quality of life, and inclusion into society. This article provides an overview of the most important speech characteristics per age group (ie, 0-4, 4-6, 6-12, and >12 y). In addition, a state-of-the-art overview of current practices in speech diagnosis and speech intervention is included.
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- Cleft palate, speech diagnosis, speech sound disorders, speech treatment, NASALITY SEVERITY INDEX, OBJECTIVE MULTIPARAMETRIC APPROACH, ARTICULATION THERAPY, FLEMISH CHILDREN, NORMATIVE DATA, AND/OR PALATE, LIFE, OUTCOMES, INDIVIDUALS, RESONANCE
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01JNN673HMHVS0PH81HM4EADA3
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- Alighieri, Cassandra, et al. “Diagnosis and Treatment of Speech Disorders in Children with a Cleft (Lip and) Palate : A State-of-the-Art Overview.” JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, vol. 36, no. 8, 2025, pp. 2925–32, doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000011313.
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- Alighieri, C., Bettens, K., Scheerens, C., Allemeersch, F., Mouton, T., Hens, G., & Van Lierde, K. (2025). Diagnosis and treatment of speech disorders in children with a cleft (lip and) palate : a state-of-the-art overview. JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, 36(8), 2925–2932. https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000011313
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- Alighieri, Cassandra, Kim Bettens, Charlotte Scheerens, Fien Allemeersch, Tara Mouton, Greet Hens, and Kristiane Van Lierde. 2025. “Diagnosis and Treatment of Speech Disorders in Children with a Cleft (Lip and) Palate : A State-of-the-Art Overview.” JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY 36 (8): 2925–32. https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000011313.
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- Alighieri, Cassandra, Kim Bettens, Charlotte Scheerens, Fien Allemeersch, Tara Mouton, Greet Hens, and Kristiane Van Lierde. 2025. “Diagnosis and Treatment of Speech Disorders in Children with a Cleft (Lip and) Palate : A State-of-the-Art Overview.” JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY 36 (8): 2925–2932. doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000011313.
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- 1.Alighieri C, Bettens K, Scheerens C, Allemeersch F, Mouton T, Hens G, et al. Diagnosis and treatment of speech disorders in children with a cleft (lip and) palate : a state-of-the-art overview. JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY. 2025;36(8):2925–32.
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- [1]C. Alighieri et al., “Diagnosis and treatment of speech disorders in children with a cleft (lip and) palate : a state-of-the-art overview,” JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, vol. 36, no. 8, pp. 2925–2932, 2025.
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keywords = {{Cleft palate,speech diagnosis,speech sound disorders,speech treatment,NASALITY SEVERITY INDEX,OBJECTIVE MULTIPARAMETRIC APPROACH,ARTICULATION THERAPY,FLEMISH CHILDREN,NORMATIVE DATA,AND/OR PALATE,LIFE,OUTCOMES,INDIVIDUALS,RESONANCE}},
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title = {{Diagnosis and treatment of speech disorders in children with a cleft (lip and) palate : a state-of-the-art overview}},
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