Is speech normal after cleft palate operation

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Cleft palate is a common disease. It can occur alone or at the same time with cleft lip, forming cleft lip and palate. Cleft palate brings great pain and trouble to children and parents. Now let's talk about whether we can speak normally after cleft palate surgery.

Is speech normal after cleft palate operation

First: babies with cleft palate can speak normally after surgery. Need in the baby between six months to two years old, need some surgical repair treatment, after surgical treatment in the future and normal people speak, so don't worry, no uvula will not affect the normal speaking.

Second, cleft lip and palate surgery may return to normal level, but the individual is different. Generally, it takes half a year to one year to recover after operation, and a series of treatment, such as voice training, pharyngeal constriction surgery, voice correction, etc., should be done. Cleft palate repair is only to suture the cleft palate, but the physiological structure of pharyngeal tube and throat is still different from normal.

Third: for patients who have undergone cleft palate surgery, when their children grow up, parents should often push the baby's upper palate to the pharynx with their hands. Although it will be very uncomfortable, it is conducive to narrowing the pharyngeal tube, which is helpful for the subsequent pharyngeal constriction surgery and speech correction.

matters needing attention

Patients with cleft palate usually have a series of adverse symptoms, such as language dysfunction and tooth disorder. Therefore, parents need to operate at the most appropriate age for their children, so as not to have an indelible impact on their children's future and make them feel inferior and self-confident.