Predictors of speech outcomes in children with Pierre Robin sequence.

Backgound: Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) has worse speech outcomes than isolated cleft palate. We aimed to search for possible associations of phonological outcomes with PRS status (isolated vs syndromic), clinical severity, soft palate muscles deficiency, or surgical procedure.

Methods: We designed a retrospective study of 130 children (male/female ratio: 0.

Grommets and speech at three and six years in children born with total cleft or cleft palate.

Objective: Grommets may be considered as the treatment of choice for otitis media with effusion (OME) in children born with a cleft. But the timing and precise indications to use them are not well established. The aim of the study is to compare the results of hearing and speech controls at three and six year-old in children born with total cleft or cleft palate in the presence or not of grommets.

Speech prognosis and need of pharyngeal flap for non syndromic vs syndromic Pierre Robin Sequence.

Background: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate speech outcome and need of a pharyngeal flap in children born with nonsyndromic Pierre Robin Sequence (nsPRS) vs syndromic Pierre Robin Sequence (sPRS).

Methods: Pierre Robin Sequence was diagnosed when the triad microretrognathia, glossoptosis, and cleft palate were present. Children were classified at birth in 3 categories depending on respiratory and feeding problems.

Speech outcome after cranial-based pharyngeal flap in children born with total cleft, cleft palate, or primary velopharyngeal insufficiency.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of a cranial-based pharyngeal flap on the speech of children born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP), bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP), cleft palate (CP), or primary velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) without cleft.

Patients And Methods: A total of 234 children born with clefts and 22 children born with primary VPI were evaluated. Children with associated abnormalities were excluded from this study.