Investigation of the effectiveness of articulation therapy through tele-practice on children with cleft palate in Khuzestan Province during COVID-19 pandemic

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INTRODUCTION: A cleft palate is a common type of facial malformation. Compensatory articulation errors are one of the important causes of unclear speech in children with cleft palate. Tele-practice (TP) helps to connect therapists and clients for assessment and therapy. Our goal is to investigate the effectiveness of articulation therapy through tele-practice on cleft palate children in Khuzestan Province during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MATERIALS & METHODS: Before starting the treatment, a 20-min speech sample was recorded individually from all the children. Speech intelligibility and the percentage of correct consonants were assessed for each speech sample. The control group received treatment sessions in person at the cleft palate center, and the other group received treatment via tele-practice using the ZOOM platform. Treatment sessions were provided in the form of 45-60-min group sessions, twice a week, for 5 weeks (10 sessions in total). After 10 treatment sessions, the speech sample was recorded again. The level of parental satisfaction was measured using a Likert 5-level survey.

RESULTS: The mean score of intelligibility of the two groups decreased (-1.4400 and 0.7200). The two groups' mean percentage of correct consonants increased. (26.09 and 17.90). In both groups, the mean score of parents' satisfaction with the treatment was high (3.44 and 3.84). The mean of difference before and after the speech intelligibility and the percentage of correct consonants variables in both groups was statistically significant (P = 0.001 and P = 0.002, respectively). In both groups, the satisfaction variable was not associated with a statistically significant difference (P = 0.067).

CONCLUSION: The effectiveness of in-person therapy over a certain period of time is higher than tele-practice. Nevertheless, the results demonstrated an increase in the intelligibility of speech and the percentage of correct consonants in both groups, thus proving the effectiveness of articulation therapy in correcting compensatory articulation errors in children with cleft palate through in-person and tele-practice.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:179

Enthalten in:

International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology - 179(2024) vom: 22. Apr., Seite 111918

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abdi-Dezfuli, Ayda [VerfasserIn]
Moradi, Negin [VerfasserIn]
Pamplona, Maria Del Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Soltani, Majid [VerfasserIn]
Moghtader, Maedeh [VerfasserIn]
Seyed Tabib, Maryam [VerfasserIn]
Aghadoost, Samira [VerfasserIn]

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Articulation therapy
Cleft palate
Journal Article
Tele-practice

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Date Completed 15.04.2024

Date Revised 15.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijporl.2024.111918

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370079957