The speech abilities and quality of life of Malaysian school-aged children with cleft lip and palate.

Purposes: The study investigated the relationship between speech outcomes and quality of life (QoL) among Malay-speaking school-aged children with CLP.

Methodology: Forty-nine children with CLP (age range 7-11 years) completed an online or in-person speech assessment and filled in the CLEFT-Q (Malay Version) questionnaire, which assessed QoL. An experienced SLP rated the nasality and speech intelligibility of the patients' speech samples.