Adriane Baylis1,2, Linda D Vallino3, Juliana Powell4, David J Zajac5. 1. Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA. 2. Department of Plastic Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA. 3. Craniofacial Outcomes Research Laboratory and Center for Pediatric Auditory and Speech Sciences, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA. 4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 5. Department of Craniofacial and Surgical Sciences, Craniofacial Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine vocabulary and lexical selectivity characteristics of children with and without repaired cleft palate at 24 months of age, based on parent report. PARTICIPANTS: Forty-nine children with repaired cleft palate, with or without cleft lip (CP±L; 25 males; 21 cleft lip and palate, 28 CP only), 29 children with a history of otitis media (OM) and ventilation tubes (21 males), and 25 typically developing (TD) children (13 males). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Parent-reported expressive vocabulary was determined using the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Words and Sentences. RESULTS: Vocabulary size was reduced for children with repaired CP±L compared to children in the TD group (P = .025) but not the OM group (P = .403). Mean percentage of words beginning with sonorants did not differ across groups (P = .383). Vocabulary size predicted sonorant use for all groups (P = .001). CONCLUSIONS: Children with repaired CP±L exhibit similar lexical selectivity relative to word initial sounds compared to noncleft TD and OM peers at 24 months of age, based on parent report.
OBJECTIVE: To determine vocabulary and lexical selectivity characteristics of children with and without repaired cleft palate at 24 months of age, based on parent report. PARTICIPANTS: Forty-nine children with repaired cleft palate, with or without cleft lip (CP±L; 25 males; 21 cleft lip and palate, 28 CP only), 29 children with a history of otitis media (OM) and ventilation tubes (21 males), and 25 typically developing (TD) children (13 males). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Parent-reported expressive vocabulary was determined using the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Words and Sentences. RESULTS: Vocabulary size was reduced for children with repaired CP±L compared to children in the TD group (P = .025) but not the OM group (P = .403). Mean percentage of words beginning with sonorants did not differ across groups (P = .383). Vocabulary size predicted sonorant use for all groups (P = .001). CONCLUSIONS:Children with repaired CP±L exhibit similar lexical selectivity relative to word initial sounds compared to noncleft TD and OM peers at 24 months of age, based on parent report.
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Keywords:
cleft palate; expressive vocabulary; lexical selectivity; speech sound development
Authors: L D Shriberg; P Flipsen; H Thielke; J Kwiatkowski; M K Kertoy; M L Katcher; R A Nellis; M G Block Journal: J Speech Lang Hear Res Date: 2000-02 Impact factor: 2.297