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Method of Studying Palatal Fusion using Static Organ Culture
Published on: September 19, 2015
[Relationship between the oral language development and restoration of velopharyngeal closure function in Chinese
Jing Qian1, Xiu-ping Tang, Xiao-jing Li
1Cleft Lip and Palate Center, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China.
Objective:
To evaluate how the oral language development enhances articulators to function well in cleft palate movement and velopharyngeal closure in the young Chinese children with repaired cleft palate.
Methods:
The recordings of 78 cases of Chinese toddlers with repaired cleft palate were reviewed. This group of children aged from 27 months to 33 months (average: 30 months). Transcription using Pinyin system was made. Mean utterance count (MUC) and mean special consonant correct count (MSCC) were calculated. Correlation between MUC and MSCC was statistically analyzed.
Results:
The correlation coefficient of MUC and MSCC is 0.360 (P < 0.01).
Conclusions:
There is positive correlation between the oral language development and restoration of velopharyngeal closure function. Children with repaired cleft palate should be encouraged to start oral language as early as possible and as much as possible in order to get the restoration of velopharyngeal closure function.
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