PMID: 15346022Sep 4, 2004Paper

The effect of timing of surgery for velopharyngeal dysfunction on speech

The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
Devra B BeckerJeffrey L Marsh

Abstract

The timing of surgery for velopharyngeal dysfunction has been based on assumptions about the relation between age, speech development, and velopharyngeal dysfunction. Cleft palate teams often counsel parents to have an intervention for velopharyngeal dysfunction performed earlier rather than later, believing that earlier interventions result in more rapid or better normalization of speech. The objective of this retrospective chart review study is to determine whether the age at surgical intervention for velopharyngeal dysfunction has an effect on the subsequent length of speech therapy. Of 174 patients included in the study database, 36 had velopharyngeal dysfunction for which further velopharyngeal management was required. Of the 36 patients who received surgical velopharyngeal dysfunction management, 27 had verifiable speech therapy records. These 27 patients represent the study population. The outcome measure was the total length of subsequent speech therapy until speech normalization. The data suggest that there is no relation between the age at velopharyngeal dysfunction surgical management and the amount of speech therapy needed to achieve normalization of the speech impairments secondary to velopharyngeal dysfunction aft...Continue Reading

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