Background A total of 68% of pre‐school children with cleft palate have speech problems
requiring speech therapy. There is a lack of access to regular targeted therapy. Parent …

Objective: To report speech and velopharyngeal function (VPF) outcomes, and surgical
characteristics, at age 5 following early complete palate closure using the Sommerlad …

Abstract Background & Aim To assess consonant proficiency and velopharyngeal function in
10‐year‐old children born with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) within the Scandcleft …

Background Speech development requires intact and adequately functioning oral anatomy
and cognitive 'speech processing'skills. There is evidence that speech input processing …

Objective: To develop and validate a Belgian Dutch outcome tool for the perceptual
evaluation of speech in patients with cleft palate. Setting: Cleft palate team in a tertiary …

Objective To investigate the relationship between patient-related factors (sex, cleft type, cleft
extent, and Robin Sequence [RS]) and speech outcome at 5 years of age for children born …

Background. Simonart's band is a soft tissue band that connects the cleft gap of the base of
the nostril or the margin of the alveolus. While research on the prevalence of Simonart's …

Introduction In health-care, current efforts focus on providing patient-centered care.
Specifically for patients with velopharyngeal insufficiency, and by extent patients with cleft …

Objectives To estimate both the association of surgical variables in complete unilateral cleft
lip and palate (cUCLP) in the UK with outcomes at age 5 years, and the association of …

Structured Abstract Objectives To explore centre‐level variation in otitis media with effusion
(OME), hearing loss and treatments in children in Cleft Care UK (CCUK) and to examine the …