Brent R. Collett|Marni Stott?Miller|Kathleen A. Kapp?Simon|Michael L. Cunningham|M. L. Speltz
Reading in Children with Orofacial Clefts versus Controls
Seattle Children's Hospital|University of Washington|University of Washington|Seattle Children's Hospital|Seattle Children's Hospital|University of Washington|University of Washington|Seattle Children's Hospital|University of Washington|Seattle Children's Hospital
objective examine reading related skills children without orofacial clefts methods fortytwo children orofacial clefts recruited urban craniofacial center demographically similar sample 43 children without clefts recruited using community advertisements research registry participants completed assessments basic reading phonological awareness phonological memory reading fluency rapid naming parents completed semistructured interview regarding educational medical history results children clefts scored significantly lower controls measures basic reading phonological memory reading fluency conclusions one first studies reading children orofacial clefts include control sample findings suggest children clefts less adept readers demographically matched peers without clefts supporting need monitor academic achievement population