Speech Outcomes in 5-Year-Old Korean Children with Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate

Kyung S. Koh; Seungeun Jung; Bo Ra Park; Tae-Suk Oh; Young Chul Kim; Seunghee Ha

doi:10.1055/a-2175-1893

Archives of Plastic Surgery (Jan 2024)

Speech Outcomes in 5-Year-Old Korean Children with Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate

Kyung S. Koh,
Seungeun Jung,
Bo Ra Park,
Tae-Suk Oh,
Young Chul Kim,
Seunghee Ha

Affiliations

Kyung S. Koh: ORCiD; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Seungeun Jung: ORCiD; Division of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Audiology and Speech Pathology Research Institute, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea
Bo Ra Park: ORCiD; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Tae-Suk Oh: ORCiD; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Young Chul Kim: ORCiD; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Seunghee Ha: ORCiD; Division of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Audiology and Speech Pathology Research Institute, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2175-1893
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 51, no. 01
pp. 080 – 086

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Background Among the cleft types, bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) generally requires multiple surgical procedures and extended speech therapy to achieve normal speech development. This study aimed to describe speech outcomes in 5-year-old Korean children with BCLP and examine whether normal speech could be achieved before starting school.

Published in Archives of Plastic Surgery

ISSN: 2234-6163 (Print); 2234-6171 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00051611

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