Receptive and expressive language characteristics of school-aged children with non-syndromic cleft lip and/or palate

JO Boyce; N Kilpatrick; S Reilly; A Da Costa; AT Morgan

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Receptive and expressive language characteristics of school-aged children with non-syndromic cleft lip and/or palate

JO Boyce, N Kilpatrick, S Reilly, A Da Costa, AT Morgan

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders | WILEY | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.12406

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Abstract

Background: Research investigating language skills in school-aged children with non-syndromic cleft lip and/or palate is sparse. Past studies focus on younger populations, lack key comparisons to demographically matched control cohorts or explore language as a component of broader academic skills. Trends of existing studies suggest that affected children may perform at a lower level compared with typically developing peers. Aims: To examine the receptive and expressive language skills of middle-school-aged children with non-syndromic cleft lip and palate (CLP) and cleft palate only (CP). Additionally, to explore the language skills of children with clefts compared with a non-cleft control gr..

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Jessica Boyce Author

Nicola Kilpatrick Author

Sheena Reilly Author

Angela Morgan Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors thank the children and their families for their participation in this study. AM is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Practitioner Fellowship #1105008, Project Grant (#1127144) and Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Speech and Language (SLANG) #1116976, along with seed funding from the University of Melbourne. NK is supported by a NHMRC funded project, OzCleft (#607396). JB is supported by OzCleft (2016) and a University of Melbourne NHMRC Fellowship start-up grant awarded to AM (2017). This work was also supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Programme.