Results of articulation training on 60 cleft palate patients
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(2) A longer period of training was required for the patients with more glottal stop sounds to reach normal or near-normal speech. In the younger age group, normal speech was reached within 6 months for the patients with fewer glottal stop sounds, and within 18 months for the cases with more glottal stop sounds. In the older age group, normal or near-normal speech was reached within 9 months for the patients with fewer glottal stop sounds, and within 24 months for most of the cases with more glottal stop sounds. (3) The progress in the training of isolated syllables and words showed no difference between the older and the younger age groups. While a longer time was required in some cases of the older age group for the training of sentences and conversation.
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