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Cleft Lip and Palate The impact on speech & language development

Cleft Lip and Palate The impact on speech & language development. Ginette Phippen MRCSLT,BSc,PGCert Lead Specialist Speech & Language Therapist The Spires Cleft Centre. Impact. Feeding. Speech. Language. Self esteem. Other factors. Hearing Syndrome Language disorder

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Cleft Lip and Palate The impact on speech & language development

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  1. Cleft Lip and PalateThe impact on speech & language development Ginette Phippen MRCSLT,BSc,PGCert Lead Specialist Speech & Language Therapist The Spires Cleft Centre

  2. Impact Feeding Speech Language Self esteem

  3. Other factors • Hearing • Syndrome • Language disorder • Other medical problems

  4. What do we look at? • Language development • ‘Nasal speech’ • Speech sounds • Swallowing

  5. The child’s network

  6. Therapy and Surgery • Speech sounds • Language • Nasal speech

  7. Questions • Why do some children do better than others? • Does early intervention help? • How do we know who might need surgery for speech? • Does pre-surgical orthopaedics help ? • Can jaw surgery affect speech? • Can speech be improved by palate exercises?

  8. All about Speech TherapyBy Sam aged 7

  9. Thank you for listeningginette.phippen@salisbury.nhs.uk

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