Hearing speech and language after surgery for velopharyngeal incompetence

AN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR BILATERAL CHRONIC SEROUS OTITIS MEDIA. OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, AN INCREASING NUMBER OF CHILDREN SHOW IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR ARTICULAORY SKILLS AND/OR LANGUAGE PRODUCTION. IN A SELECTED GROUP, TÏfi POSITIVE EFFECTS ON THE SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS ON THE BILATERAL HEARING ACUITY JUSTIFIES PERFORMING A PHARYNGOPLASTY AT AN EARLY AGE SO PROVIDING THE CHILD WITH THE TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING NORMAL SPEECH AND LANGUAGE. Zie: Summary and conclusions