Unga vuxna med unilateral läpp-, käk- och gomspalt ? perceptuell bedömning och självskattning av tal och kommunikation
Läpp-käk-och gomspalt (LKG)VuxnaTalPerceptuell analysSjälvskattningCleft lip and palate (CLP)AdultsSpeechPerceptual analysisSelf-evaluation
The purpose of this study was to investigate how young adults withunilateral cleft lip and palate assess their own speech and communication,and to let speech and language pathologists make a perceptual analysis ofthese individuals? speech at the age of 19 years. An additional aim was toexamine the relationship between these two different ways of evaluation.Data was collected through perceptual analysis from audio recordings and byusing a self-report questionnaire based on the ICF-structure (InternationalClassification of Function, disability and health). Altogether, 33 peopleparticipated. One third of the participants had no speech deficiencies. Twothirds had some type of deviation in nasality, mainly hypernasality orhyponasality. The professional analysis did not correlate with the selfevaluation of nasality and indistinct speech. The participants experiencedtheir speech as even better than a normal population. The validity of thequestionnaire was discussed.