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The impact of early palatal obturation on consonant development in babies with unrepaired cleft palate. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2002 Mar;39(2):157-63

Date

03/07/2002

Pubmed ID

11879071

DOI

10.1597/1545-1569_2002_039_0157_tioepo_2.0.co_2

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0036122525 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   28 Citations

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether palatal obturators enhance consonant development during babbling for babies with unrepaired cleft palate.

PARTICIPANTS: Fourteen babies with cleft palate who had worn anterior palatal obturators prior to palatal surgery were matched to 14 unobturated babies according to cleft type, sex, and age at time of presurgical evaluation.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Spontaneous vocalizations of the obturated and unobturated groups were compared to determine whether differences were evident in size of consonant inventory as well as place and manner of consonant production.

RESULTS: Paired t tests revealed no significant differences between the groups in size of consonant inventory or place and manner of consonant production. There was a trend for babies in the obturated group to produce more glottal consonants.

CONCLUSIONS: In general, the findings of this study suggested that palatal obturators do not appear to facilitate production of anterior palatal consonants during babbling.

Author List

Hardin-Jones MA, Chapman KL, Wright J, Halter KA, Schulte J, Dean JA, Havlik RJ, Goldstein J

Author

Robert Havlik MD Chair, Professor in the Plastic Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Acoustic Impedance Tests
Case-Control Studies
Child Language
Cleft Palate
Female
Humans
Infant
Language Development
Male
Matched-Pair Analysis
Palatal Obturators
Phonetics
Prosthesis Design
Statistics as Topic
Tape Recording