Five-year speech and language outcomes in children with cleft lip-palate.

Objective: To investigate 5-year speech and language outcomes in children with cleft lip/palate (CLP).

Materials And Methods: Thirty-eight children aged 4-7 years and 8 months were recruited for this study. Speech abilities including articulation, resonance, voice, and intelligibility were assessed based on Thai Universal Parameters of Speech Outcomes.

Khon Kaen: a community-based speech therapy model for an area lacking in speech services for clefts.

Absence of speech rehabilitation services is one of the critical difficulties in care for clefts in Thailand and some other developing countries. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the "Khon Kaen Community-Based Speech Therapy Model" in decreasing the number of articulation defects in children with cleft palate and/or lip. Sixteen children with cleft palate and/or lip in 6 districts of Maha Sarakham Province were enrolled for study.

Comparison of the reliability of parental reporting and the direct test of the Thai Speech and Language Test.

Objective: To find reliability of parental or caregiver's report and testing of the Thai Speech and Language Test for Children Aged 0-4 Years Old.

Material And Method: Five investigators assessed speech and language abilities from video both contexts: parental or caregivers' report and test forms of Thai Speech and Language Test for Children Aged 0-4 Years Old. Twenty-five normal and 30 children with delayed development or risk for delayed speech and language skills were assessed at age intervals of 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24, 30, 36 and 48 months.

Satisfaction of speech and treatment for children with cleft lip/palate in Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Background: Surgical treatment and speech therapy for people with cleft lip and palate (CLP) in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) are either limited or not available in some areas. There continue to be patients needing surgical correction for abnormalities but they are past the age when surgery would be appropriate. Moreover, they have not been given speech services or received integrative multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment.

Speech and language therapy model for children with cleft lip/palate in Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Background: Surgical treatment can reduces disfigurement for children with cleft lip/palate (CLP); however, most children have persistent speech and language problems especially if speech and language services are not available in underserviced and/or developing regions and countries. Children in such areas cannot reach appropriate and timely speech therapy services.

Objective: To establish a speech and language therapy model in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), by combining the principles of Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR), Primary Health Care (PHC) and institutional medical approaches.