Could speech disorders in children with cleft lip and palate be justified by impaired central auditory skills?

Purpose: to verify the association between central auditory skills and speech disorders related velopharyngeal dysfunction. Methods: forty-five children, with repaired non-syndromic cleft lip palate or only, aged 7-11 years old, were divided into three groups: G1 (n=15), children hypernasality, nasal air emission, compensatory articulations; G2 hypernasality but without G3 articulations. The medical records of all participants analyzed eligibility criteria obtain assessments, then, they submitted an assessment skills. Statistical analysis comprised descriptive chi-square test a significance level 5%. Results: presented higher occurrence impairment in differing from other groups, particularly temporal ordering binaural integration A significant difference was observed among groups ability. No found use specific types articulations impaired Conclusion: there changes dysfunction, regardless presence type articulation found.