Search for dissertations about: "cleft lip thesis"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words cleft lip thesis.

  2. 11. Cleft Lip and Palate, Clinical and Methodological Studies

    Author : Magnus Becker; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; traumatology; cleft lip and palate. growth. weight. morphometry. evaluation. digital photographs. database. register. long-term. surgical. Millard. Langenbeck. Wardill. speech. facial growth; orthopaedics; Surgery; Kirurgi; ortopedi; traumatologi;

    Abstract : Body dimensions of 2,936 newborns with cleft lip/palate (CLP) were compared with 2,031,140 singleton newborns between 1973 to 1992. The risk of cleft development was found to be associated with intra-uterine growth retardation - the more severe the cleft, the stronger the association. READ MORE

  4. 12. The orofacial cleft phenome

    Author : Mimi Yow; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Introduction: The global average for prevalence in births with orofacial clefts is 9.92 per 10,000. Variability in prevalence could be as much as a seven-fold difference in different ethnicities. Precise phenotyping and subphenotyping were essential in understanding the orofacial cleft phenome. READ MORE

  5. 13. Attitude to Speech and Communication in Individuals Born with Cleft Lip and Palate

    Author : Christina Havstam; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cleft lip and palate; speech; communicative attitude; participation; satisfaction with speech; self-assessment; qualitative methods; grounded theory; interview; speech assessment;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe how individuals who are born with a cleft lip and palate experience their communicative situation, how they perceive their speech and whether their views correlate with the results of speech assessments made by specialised speech-language pathologists (SLPs). Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. READ MORE

  6. 14. Adult patients with treated complete cleft lip and palate : Methodological and clinical stndies

    Author : Agneta Marcusson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : The purpose of the present thesis was to investigate the quality of life, satisfaction with treatment, prevalence of temporomandibular disorders, psychosocial distress, and occlusal stability in a treated group of adults with complete cleft lip and palate (CLP).Sixty-eight adults ( 44 men and 24 women) with a mean age of 24.2 years (range 19.5-29. READ MORE

  7. 15. Internationally adopted children with unilateral cleft lip and palate - longitudinal perspectives on speech production and language ability

    Author : AnnaKarin Larsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Internationally adopted; cleft lip and palate; speech production; language ability;

    Abstract : Many children with cleft lip and palate have been adopted to Sweden. Most had had no palatal closure performed in their native countries and received their first palatal surgery in Sweden while acquiring a new first language. The main aim of this thesis was to investigate speech production (i.e. READ MORE