Speech evaluation and treatment for patients with cleft palate
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Published on: September 19, 2015
1Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 901 S. Sixth St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA. d-kuehn@uiuc.edu
Abstract:
This compendium has been written in conjunction with a cleft lip and palate surgical mission that took place in Villahermosa, Mexico, February 4-9, 2001. Fifty children, 10 per day, received lip or palate surgery. This report, available in both English and Spanish, is intended as a practical and concise guide to basic aspects of evaluation and treatment of speech disorders associated with cleft palate. More detailed and comprehensive sources dealing with this topic are available and have been reviewed by D. P. Kuehn and K. T. Moller (2000).
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