A longitudinal group study of speech development in Danish children born with and without cleft lip and palate

Abstract

The present study focuses on contoid vocalization by Danish 1-year-old unrepaired toddlers born with cleft lip and palate, and how they differ from their non-cleft peers. Furthermore, we focus on how the same children master Danish consonants at 3 years of age compared with their non-cleft peers in terms of their ability to produce consonants in accordance with adult target. Also, with the 3 year olds, we look at cleft speech characteristics as well as developmental speech characteristics found in both groups of children. Based on phonetic transcription, it was found that Danish unoperated cleft palate children at 1 year of age produced few types of contoids and preferably contoids that did not require closure of the velopharyngeal port in their prespeech. In addition, the data suggest that consonants produced by cleft children who are treated with one-stage surgery after speech onset, at 3 years of age differ from speech produced by non-cleft children, not only as regards cleft speech characteristics, but also as regards developmental speech characteristics.

Does the recording medium influence phonetic transcription of cleft palate speech?

“…However, over the last two decades, analyses based on phonetic transcriptions have become more common (e.g., Chapman , , Hutters et al . , Konst et al . , Morris and Ozanne , Chapman et al .…”

“…) and five were based on audio/video recordings only (Hutters et al . , Morris and Ozanne , Scherer et al . , Willadsen , Klintö et al .…”

Assessing speech at three years of age in the cleft palate population: a scoping review of assessment practices

“…, Morris and Ozanne , Hutters et al . ). This provides a broader perspective of an individual's phonological development from both a cleft and developmental perspective.…”

“…() and Hutters et al . () both recorded the frequency with which CSCs/compensatory articulations occurred. The studies highlight that at age 3 there is a consensus on the need to report CSCs, even within the context of a developing sound system, albeit using different summary categories.…”

An analysis of the frame-content theory in babble of 9-month-old babies with cleft lip and palate

“…Their consonant inventory is typically smaller and characterized by consonants that require little intra-oral air pressure (e.g., nasals, glides, and liquids) (Chapman et al, 2001; O’Gara and Logemann, 1988; Olsen, 1965; Salas-Provance et al, 2003). When compared to noncleft babies, babies with cleft palate produce fewer oral stops, velars, and alveolars (Chapman, 1991; Chapman et al, 2001; Hutters, Bau, & Brøndsted, 2001; Lohmander et al, 2004; Lohmander, Olsson, & Flynn, in press; O’Gara & Logemann, 1988; Willadsen and Albrechtsen, 2005), as well as more nasals and glottals (Chapman et al, 2001; Hutters, Bau, & Brøndsted, 2001. ; O’Gara and Logemann, 1988; Olsen, 1965; Willadsen and Albrechtsen, 2005).…”