Acquisition of linguistic and cognitive skills by children with cleft palate

Author(s): Devers, M. C., Doyle, S. S., Prouty, J. M., Moller, K. T.

Journal/Book: J Speech Lang Hear Res. 1998; 41: 10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-3279. Amer Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc. 676-687.

Abstract: This study compared the early cognitive and linguistic development of young children with cleft palate (N = 28) to that of noncleft children (N = 29). Measures included the Mental scale of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, the Minnesota Child Development inventory Mean Length of Utterance, and words acquired by 24 months. Children with cleft palate, although well within the normal range, performed significantly below the children in the control group an the Mental Scale of the Bayley Scales of infant Development, some subscales of the Minnesota Child Development inventory, and words acquired by 24 months, Differences observed in the cognitive development of children with and without cleft palate were verbal as opposed to nonverbal (i.e., linguistic in nature) and were related to hearing status at 12 months and velopharyngeal adequacy.

Note: Article Broen PA, Univ Minnesota, Dept Commun Disorders, 115 Shevlin Hall, 164 Pillsbury Dr Se, Minneapolis,MN 55455 USA

Keyword(s): cleft palate; language; cognition; hearing; EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE-DEVELOPMENT; OTITIS-MEDIA; HEARING; TODDLERS; LIP

Zurück | Weiter