3.1 Intro Flashcards
What are the high incidence problems?
- Articulation
- Language
- Swallowing
What are the low incidence problems?
- Voice
- Resonance
- Fluency
_________ supply of patients to a _______ demand of training programs and a _________ demand for clinical experts.
Low
Low
Low
What is the world rate of clefting?
11k/hour
What is the clefting incidence per live births (world)?
1 : 595-1000
What is the US rate of children born with cleft?
2
1/66 minutes
6,000 per year
What is the US rate of cleft palate (only) caused by a syndrome?
25-30%
What is the US rate of cleft lip/palate caused by a syndrome?
5-10%
Children born with cleft palate are at an inherently higher risk of developing __________ .
Velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD)
What percentage of children with repaired clefts will need a pharyngoplasty to manage VPD?
20%
What percentage of pharyngoplasties required for children without clefts?
30%
How many causes are there of velopharyngeal dysfunction?
numerous
What is the cumulative incidence of VPD?
8
- Cleft palate and craniofacial anomalies
- Congenital palatal insufficiency
- Nasopharyngeal obstruction
- Nasal obstruction
- Upper motor lesions: brain injury, stroke, etc.
- Lower motor lesions
- Oral surgery
- Nasopharyngeal irradiation
- Orofacial Trauma
- “functional” or “sound specific” VPI
Resonance and voice disorders have a _________ degree of medical impact?
High
Is the high degree of medical impact only associated with resonance and voice disorders?
NO