Speech Perceptions and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Children With Cleft Lip and Palate.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between perception of speech and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among patients with cleft palate is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to determine: the agreement between patient and parent perception of speech, the correlation between patient/parent speech perception and objective analysis by a speech-language pathologist (SLP), and the relationship between objective speech analysis and HRQOL among children with cleft lip with or without palate (CLCP).

Methods

The authors surveyed 108 CLCP patients who received treatment at a large tertiary medical center from 2013 to 2014. Patients and parents were queried regarding their difficulty with speech, and an SLP performed perceptual speech analysis with each patient. Patient-rep

SUBMITTER: Bickham RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10184785 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature