Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Prenatal to Adulthood: The Responsibility of the Speech-Language Pathologist on the Comprehensive Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Team. |
| Authors: |
Sommer, Chelsea L.1 csommer@fiu.edu, Wombacher, Natalie R.2 |
| Source: |
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Jan2025, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p12-31. 20p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Occupational roles, *Interprofessional relations, *Verbal behavior testing, *Speech evaluation, *Speech therapy, *Articulation (Speech), *Adults, Dentition, Patient care, Prenatal care, Infant nutrition, Orthognathic surgery, Phonetics, Cleft palate, Health care teams |
| Abstract: |
Purpose: Comprehensive cleft care is an important component when caring for a child with cleft palate with or without cleft lip (CP ± L). Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) serve different capacities on comprehensive cleft palate and craniofacial teams. Method: This tutorial highlights the role of the SLP on the cleft palate and craniofacial team from the prenatal consultation to adulthood. This tutorial emphasizes the importance of collaboration between the cleft team SLP and other professionals on a comprehensive cleft team. Additionally, the tutorial provides education for feeding infants with CP ± L and focuses on assessment and treatment of children with CP ± L before and after the palate repair. Finally, this tutorial underscores the importance of working as part of and collaborating with interdisciplinary team members. Results: SLPs are an essential member of comprehensive cleft teams in addition to other medical providers. SLPs play a critical role on these multidisciplinary teams and are fundamental to the assessment and treatment of feeding, speech, language, and resonance disorders in children with CP ± L. Conclusion: It is critical that SLPs are involved in comprehensive cleft team care from the prenatal consultation through adulthood to monitor resonance, speech, and language development and outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
