Shin Yu-Jeong, Ko Seung-O
Department of Language Therapy, Howon University, Howondae-3gil, Leempi-myun, Gunsan, 573-718 Jeollabuk-do Korea.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Chonbuk National University-Biomedical Research Institute of Chonbuk National University Hospital, Geonjiro-20 Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, 561-712 Jeollabuk-do Korea.
Maxillofac Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Aug 6;37(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s40902-015-0022-4. eCollection 2015 Dec.
Velopharyngeal dysfunction in cleft palate patients following the primary palate repair may result in nasal air emission, hypernasality, articulation disorder and poor intelligibility of speech. Among conservative treatment methods, speech aid prosthesis combined with speech therapy is widely used method. However because of its long time of treatment more than a year and low predictability, some clinicians prefer a surgical intervention. Thus, the purpose of this report was to increase an attention on the effectiveness of speech aid prosthesis by introducing a case that was successfully treated. In this clinical report, speech bulb reduction program with intensive speech therapy was applied for a patient with velopharyngeal dysfunction and it was rapidly treated by 5months which was unusually short period for speech aid therapy. Furthermore, advantages of pre-operative speech aid therapy were discussed.
腭裂患者一期腭裂修复术后的腭咽功能障碍可能导致鼻腔漏气、鼻音过重、发音障碍和言语清晰度差。在保守治疗方法中，语音辅助矫治器结合言语治疗是广泛应用的方法。然而，由于其治疗时间超过一年且可预测性低，一些临床医生倾向于手术干预。因此，本报告的目的是通过介绍一例成功治疗的病例来提高对语音辅助矫治器有效性的关注。在本临床报告中，对一名腭咽功能障碍患者实施了语音球囊缩小计划并进行强化言语治疗，该患者在5个月内迅速得到治疗，这对于语音辅助治疗来说是异常短的时间。此外，还讨论了术前语音辅助治疗的优点。
