BASLP 5th Semester Notes  » Paper 1: Structural Anomalies and Speech Disorders

Unit 1: Assessment and Management of Cleft Lip and Palate Speech

• Team of professionals in the management of persons with cleft lip and palate: their
  roles in diagnosis and management.
• Assessment of persons with cleft lip and palate for speech language functions:
• Subjective assessment of speech characteristics and speech intelligibility: proforma, tests, scales and others.
• Objective assessment of phonatory, resonatory and articulatory features
• Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of speech related functions
• Subjective assessment of language and communication functions
• Reporting test results using Universal Parameters
• Management of persons with cleft lip and palate
• Surgical and prosthetic management
• Techniques and strategies to correct speech sound disorders
• Techniques and strategies to improve feeding
• Counselling and guidance