Publications by authors named "Felipe Inostroza-Allende"
Article Synopsis
- * Thirty participants, aged 23 on average, were trained to read sentences with varying consonant pressures, and their nasalance was measured using a nasometer in four resonance conditions.
- * Results indicated significant nasalance differences between balanced resonance and the simulated disorders, aligning with previous research, and future work should include actual patients and blind methodologies for validation.
Objective: Describe and compare the results of speech and velopharyngeal function in children with classic and occult submucous cleft palate undergoing interdisciplinary treatment at the Gantz Foundation.
Methods: The clinical history of all patients born between 2012 and 2017 with a diagnosis of classic or occult submucous cleft palate was retrospectively reviewed. Preoperative and postoperative medical, surgical, and speech and language history were collected.
Interdisciplinary teamwork is essential for the rehabilitation of patients with cleft lip and palate, and therefore, the application of treatment techniques for velopharyngeal insufficiency, both surgical and prosthetic, depends on the experience of each rehabilitation team. For this reason, the following study consisting of the cooperation between interdisciplinary cleft lip and palate teams from Chile and Argentina, which succeeded in correcting velopharyngeal insufficiency in an adolescent, initially using a pharyngeal bulb prosthesis and speech therapy, and finally through pharyngeal flap surgery, is presented. This shows that international cooperation is a valuable tool for training, implementation, and follow-up of different treatment techniques for teams in formation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInterdisciplinary evaluation is essential to diagnose and define clinical conduct for children and adults presenting with an altered lingual frenulum; however, there are few reports on the subject in the literature. In this context, the following study exemplifies a proposed protocol for the surgical and SLT treatment of a lingual frenulum based on a review of the literature and the experience of speech and language therapists and maxillofacial surgeons from hospitals in Santiago de Chile. After its application, a history of breastfeeding with difficulties and a maintained preference for soft foods was reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The present study is aimed towards determining and comparing normative nasalance scores in Chilean Spanish-speaking adult men and women.
Methods: 40 women (age range 18 to 35, X = 25.79, SD = 5.
Background: Due to the lockdown and quarantines caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to study and use telepractice for providing speech pathology interventions for children with cleft palate has arisen.
Objective: To carry out a systematic review of the use of telepractice during the COVID-19 pandemic for providing speech pathology interventions for Spanish-speaking children with cleft palate.
Methods: In July and August 2020, the authors searched the electronic databases Medline, LILACS, SciELO, and the Cochrane Library using the following keywords in English (MeSH): Cleft palate combined with Early intervention, Speech therapy, Rehabilitation of speech and language disorders, Speech production measurement, Speech articulation tests and Telemedicine.