Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Speech and Language Pathology, Craniofacial Team, Gent University Hospital, Belgium.
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2010 Jul;39(7):641-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2010.02.025. Epub 2010 Apr 24.
This study determined the intelligibility (words, sentences and story telling) of 43 children (mean age 4.9 years) with unilateral cleft lip and palate who received a Wardill-Kilner palatoplasty, as judged by their parents and determined the influence of age and gender. A comparison with normative data for intelligibility of 163 Dutch speaking children was made. Each child and the parents completed The Dutch intelligibility test. Measures reported include group mean intelligibility percentages for words, sentences and story telling for children aged 2.5-5.0 and 5.0-7.6 years. A significant correlation between age of the children and intelligibility was measured. No significant gender-related differences were found. An interesting finding is the absence of significant difference in intelligibility percentage between the children with cleft palate and the normative data for story telling. The reported intelligibility percentages provide important prognostic reference information for surgeons who perform palatoplasty and speech pathologists who assess the speech production of children with cleft palate.
本研究通过父母评估，确定了 43 名（平均年龄 4.9 岁）单侧唇腭裂儿童的清晰度（单词、句子和讲故事），并确定了年龄和性别因素的影响。同时，研究还与 163 名荷兰语儿童的清晰度标准数据进行了比较。每个孩子和家长都完成了荷兰语清晰度测试。报告的测量指标包括 2.5-5.0 岁和 5.0-7.6 岁儿童的单词、句子和讲故事的群体平均清晰度百分比。研究还测量了儿童年龄与清晰度之间的相关性。研究结果并未发现与性别相关的显著差异。一个有趣的发现是，腭裂儿童的清晰度百分比与讲故事的标准数据之间没有显著差异。研究结果提供了重要的预后参考信息，有助于唇腭裂手术医生和腭裂儿童语音病理学家评估儿童的语音产生能力。
