There is a shortage of speech therapy services for children with cleft lip and palate in Chiang Rai province and surrounding areas, including the border regions of the Lao People'
Conditions
Interventions
The speech correction training by a speech-language pathologist using a speech correction application involves practicing the articulation of 21 initial consonants and 6 final consonants, totaling 27
Experimental Device
Children with cleft lip and palate
Sponsors
Northern Womens Development Foundation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
3 Years to 17 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Eleven children and their primary caregivers, aged 3.5-17 years, with isolated cleft lip or cleft palate from Chiang Rai province and surrounding areas, along with 15 children and their primary caregivers with isolated cleft lip or cleft palate from the Lao People's Democratic Republic who are registered for treatment and receive support from the Northern Women's Development Foundation, totaling 26 individuals, participated in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children with isolated cleft palate or cleft lip and palate who also have developmental delays or associated syndromes such as Treacher Collins syndrome, facial cleft, or Down syndrome.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The number of speech sounds that children with cleft lip and palate produce unclearly at the word/sentence/continuous speech level. At the beginning of study Speech Clarity Assessment: Evaluate unclear speech using Thai/Lao assessments for articulation, resonance, nasal air emission, and friction. Results: clear or unclear speech. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Satisfaction score 12 month Satisfaction score (0-5) 0 (Not satisfied at all), 1 (Very unsatisfied), 2 (unsatisfied), 3 (Neutral), 4 (Satisfied), 5 (Very satisfied) | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactBenjamas Prathanee
Mekong Health Science Research Institute, Khon Kaen University
Outcome results
None listed