The Clinician's Guide to Treating Cleft Palate Speech

Get quick access to the most up-to-date information on cleft palate speech therapy with The Clinician’s Guide to Treating Cleft Palate Speech, 2nd Edition. This textbook features an easy-to-use format - including many bulleted lists, tables, and illustrations - to give you instant access to the answers you need surrounding the effects of clefts and non-cleft velopharyngeal inadequacy (VPI) on communication development in children. Updated information includes new content on interprofessional team decision-making, along with the diagnosis and management of the resulting disorders.

New to this edition

    NEW! Additional video clips demonstrate a broad range of speech disorders in children, examples of instrumental and noninstrumental assessment approaches, and effective therapy techniques.
    NEW! Content on interprofessional team decision making reflects an important expanding movement in healthcare nationally and internationally, and will be threaded throughout the guide to ensure users understand the ethics, compentencies, and skills required to practice in an interdisciplinary setting.

Table of Contents:
Preface: The Care of a Child with a Cleft
Chapter 1: Cleft Lip and Palate and Non-Cleft Velopharyngeal Inadequacy 
Chapter 2: Feeding a Baby with a Cleft
Chapter 3: Physical Management of Clefts: Primary
Chapter 4: Early Phonological Development
Chapter 5: Effects of Clefts and Non-Cleft VPI on Speech
Chapter 6: Other Consequences of Clefts
Chapter 7: Performing an Orofacial Exam
Chapter 8: Perceptual Evaluation of Cleft Palate Speech
Chapter 9: Instrumental Evaluation of Velopharyngeal Function    
Chapter 10: Physical Management of Velopharyngeal Inadequacy
Chapter 11: Early Intervention for  Infants and Toddlers
Chapter 12: Speech Therapy For Cleft-Related Misarticulations
Chapter 13: Four Multianomaly Conditions that Include Clefts