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Tomoaki Adachi1, Shoko Kochi, Tai Yamaguchi
1Department of Developmental and Clinical Studies, Miyagi Gakuin Women's College, 9-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8557, Japan. adachi@mgu.ac.jp
Objective:
This study examined characteristics of nonverbal behavior that patients with cleft lip and palate (CLP) presented during interpersonal communication.
Design:
This was a case-control design comparing nonverbal behavior of adult women with CLP with females without CLP.
Participants:
Subjects were 20 adult women with CLP and 20 noncleft control women matched for age and educational experience.
Main Outcome Measures:
Subject gestures and facial expressions were videotaped during interviews and analyzed with a computer-based kinematic measurement system.
Results:
The clinical group displayed significantly fewer head movements and a lower smile frequency than the control group. Furthermore, head and hand movements and smiles were less coordinated or congruent for the subjects with CLP than for the comparison group.
Conclusions:
Even slight facial disfigurement could have a harmful effect on communication behavior in female patients with CLP.
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