Hardin-Jones Mary, Chapman Kathy L
divison of Communication Disorders, Dept. 3311, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82072, USA.
Semin Speech Lang. 2011 May;32(2):127-40. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1277715. Epub 2011 Sep 26.
Language and cognitive performance of children with cleft palate with/without cleft lip (CP ± L) have received relatively little attention in the literature to date. The lack of attention directed toward these areas is probably attributed to two factors. First, the speech characteristics associated with velopharyngeal inadequacy are undoubtedly the most salient problems encountered by clinicians treating these children and thus have taken priority in research for many years. Second, early findings suggesting little difference between these children and their typically developing peers in language and cognition simply discouraged additional study. More recent investigations, however, have expanded the scope of study to include toddlers and adults and utilized alternative methodologies to study this population. In this article, we will summarize the literature and explore recent findings associated with language and cognition in children with CP ± L. In addition, we will also examine performance of children with velocardiofacial syndrome-a common syndrome associated with CP ± L.
唇腭裂患儿（CP±L）的语言和认知能力在目前的文献中受到的关注相对较少。对这些领域缺乏关注可能归因于两个因素。首先，与腭咽功能不全相关的语音特征无疑是治疗这些患儿的临床医生所遇到的最突出问题，因此多年来一直是研究的重点。其次，早期研究结果表明这些患儿与正常发育的同龄人在语言和认知方面差异不大，这使得进一步的研究受到了阻碍。然而，最近的调查扩大了研究范围，纳入了幼儿和成人，并采用了其他方法来研究这一人群。在本文中，我们将总结相关文献，并探讨与CP±L患儿语言和认知相关的最新研究结果。此外，我们还将研究患有心脏颜面综合征（一种与CP±L相关的常见综合征）患儿的表现。
