• 대한구순구개열학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.37-49
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• 2013

Cleft lip is a common congenital facial deformity which might cause speech, hearing, appearance, and psychological disorder. For the purpose of appropriate management for the cleft lip patients according to their individual situations, reviews of the historical evolution for the cleft lip treatment were summarized. More than 15 English written articles with 4 related historical books were reviewed, and the chronology of the cleft lip management from ancient to recent twenty first century, via middle ages and Renaissance, were summarized. Multifactorial causes of cleft lip, before the modern understanding of embryological background of it, most management of cleft lip has been explained under the basis of religions and/or superstitions. As the anatomic and embryologic knowledges were known and revealed, various misconceptions were corrected continously, and the simple closure of the lip defect was also evoluted to the applications of plastic concept. Recently, cosmetic outcomes with functional results, such as speech, hearing, psychological status, have been considered importantly, under the multidiciplinary care system. For the better understanding of cleft lip management as a routine esthtetic and funtional reconstructive procedure, the various historical treatment trends were reviewed and summarized as time goes on. This review presentation will discuss the appropriate management for cleft lip patients.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.468-477
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• 2023

Background This article describes the development of the Myanmar Articulation, Resonation, Nasal Emission, and Nasal Turbulence test for children with cleft lip and palate (CLP), and evaluation of its validity and reliability. Methods It was created by three Thai researchers and a Burmese research assistant based on Burmese phonology. The content validity was evaluated by six Burmese language experts. All test items were divided into three groups: high-pressure oral consonants, low-pressure oral consonants, and nasal consonants. Results All items (58-word and 32-phrase/sentence) gave an excellent level of the expert agreement (item-level content validity indexes = 1.00). The target items were illustrated as color pictures. Each picture was clearly drawn and easy to identify. As a pilot study of face validity, all pictures were administered to 10 typical-developing children. The actual testing was assessed by 10 CLP children, and the developed test was analyzed through consultation of the Burmese teachers and interpreters from a speech camp. Testing scores for a total including three groups of target items were shown acceptable for internal consistency reliability (ranged from 0.4 to 0.88). Conclusion The constructed test is valid in terms of its content.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제40권
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• pp.23.1-23.6
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• 2018

Background: Velopharyngeal insufficiency that accompanies speech resonance and articulation disorders can be managed through several intervention methods such as speech-language therapy, prosthetic aids, and surgery. However, for patients with severe hypernasality, surgical interventions are highly recommended. Among available surgical techniques, the posterior pharyngeal flap is most common. Case presentation: Two adult males with high nasalance scores underwent superiorly based posterior pharyngeal flap surgery, followed by speech testing by an expert speech-language therapist. Nasalance scores and articulation accuracy were assessed up until 1 year after the surgery. Nasalance scores were measured five times using a nasometer, after which the average value was calculated. Conclusions: Consistent declines in hypernasality over time are not easy to explain since the pedicled pharyngeal flap narrowed over time, secondary to cicatrization. However, scar tethering of the soft palate in a posterior direction could reduce the velopharyngeal port size over time. Therefore, long-term follow-up with intensive speech therapy is suggested for patients with severe hypernasality.

• 대한구순구개열학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2010

Intraoral prosthesis (Palatal Augmentation Prosthesis, PAP) may be used to augment swallowing function in patients with dysphagia. PAP can be used to recontour the dimensions of hard palate to fit the tongue following removal of oral cancer. Use of PAP can significantly improve the patient's ability to use the tongue to propel the bolus through the pharynx. The aim of this study is to show the effects of PAP through videofluoroscope in patients with dysphagia. The results were as follows: 1. A decrease in pharyngeal transit time was detected wearing with PAP. 2. Pharyngeal cross area was decreased wearing with PAP. 3. The results indicated PAP may effectively help lingual movement in patients with dysphagia.

• 대한구순구개열학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2005

Velopharyngeal incompetence(VPI) is that soft palate and muscle of posterolateral pharyngeal wall can not close velopharyngeal port properly. Thing that prior to treatment for patient with VPI is to evaluation about nasopharyngeal closing function. This data is important for making a treatment plan and assesment of treatment effect to improve nasopharyngeal closing function. There are two ways of VPI assessment. The one is subjective method by auditory finding, the other is objective method by using equipment for language test. Using only subjective way is not adequate for evaluation of VPI because of low trust, so doing both two methods simultaneously help to make a diagnosis and assessment exactly. CPAP is effective method to treat hypernasality. This new treatment technique intensify oropharyngeal muscle for nasopharyngeal closing by direct resistance training. Becase conventional treatments have limitation, so many research about treatment effectiveness of CPAP are being studied. This study aims that we compare our result from Korean VPI patients with result about treatment effect in other advanced country, to make CPAP Treatment Questionares and to find ways that improve oropharyngeal closing function an[1 maximally increase language treatment effect.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.591-598
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• 2000

본 연구는 순$\cdot$구개열자의 호흡과 발음, 그리고 안모 성장에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 기도에 대한 평가를 위해 시행되었다. 이를 위해 부산대학교병원 치과교정과에 내원한 완전 편측성 순$\cdot$구개열자 78명(남성 48명, 여성 30명)의 측모두부규격방사선 사진을 촬영하여 상기도 및 설골에 대한 전후방적, 수직적 거리 및 각도를 계측하였다. 연구대상은 사춘기성장급등기를 기준으로 두 집단으로 나누었고, 각각의 집단을 다시 남녀 성별에 따라 구분하여 비교하였다. 계측된 자료들을 통계처리하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 사춘기 성장급등기 이후 남녀 모두에서 설골 위치가 보다 낮아졌다. 2. 사춘기 성장급등기 이후 남녀 모두에서 인두 용적에 관계된 CV3ia-APH, PNS-ad수치가 크게 증가하였는데, 이는 adenoid감소와 하악의 전하방 성장과 관련된 것으로 사춘기 이후 호흡 및 발음의 변화에 영향을 미친다. 3. 사춘기 성장급등기를 이후 남성에서 모든 계측항목이 여성보다 큰 증가를 보였으며, 이는 성별간 성장량의 차이에 따른 것으로 판단된다. 4. 남녀 성별간 비교에서 사춘기 성장급등기 전후 시기 모두에서 남성의 설골 위치가 여성보다 낮았다. 5. 남녀 성별간 비교에서 사춘기 성장급등기 이후 남성에서 CV3ia-APH수치가 매우 크게 증가했고, 이는 남성의 하악골 성장이 보다 커 악이복근등 근활성이 야기되었기 때문인 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.352-360
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• 1997

구순 구개열 신생아는 출생시부터 수유의 어려움을 비롯하여 중이염, 언어장애, 부정교합, 부적절한 악안면 성장과 이로 인한 정신적 손상등에 직면하게 된다. 이런 복합적인 문제를 갖고 있는 신생아의 전반적인 치료를 위해서는 여러 관련분야 전문가들의 포괄적인 관리가 필요하다. 특히 수유의 어려움은 유아의 영양 상태를 좌우할 수 있는 중요한 문제이므로 가장 먼저 관리하여야 할 부분이다. Obturator의 사용은 수유보조의 역할 뿐만 아니라 구강과 비강을 구분하여 중이염의 발생빈도를 감소시키고, 구개판의 성장을 촉진시키며, 정상적인 구강 안면조직의 발달을 유도할 수 있다. 소아치과의사는 구순 구개열 신생아의 정상적인 성장, 발육을 위해 출생 직후 부모에게 적절한 수유방법의 조언과 함께 obturator 를 장착해 주고, 다른 team과 긴밀한 협진을 통해 유치열기, 혼합치열기까지 지속적으로 치과적 관리를 제공하여야 한다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2012

In the two-band excitation (TBE) model, maximum voiced frequency (MVF) is the most important feature of the excitation parameter because the synthetic speech quality depends on MVF. Thus, this paper proposes an enhanced MVF estimation scheme based on the peak picking method. In the proposed scheme, the local peak and the peak lobe are picked from the spectrum of a linear predictive residual signal. The normalized distance between neighboring peak lobes is calculated and utilized as a feature to estimate MVF. Experimental results of both objective and subjective tests show that the proposed scheme improves synthetic speech quality compared with that of the conventional one.

• 대한구순구개열학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.95-108
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• 2002

언어 발달의 조기 단계를 이해하기 위한 일환으로 crying은 언어전 발달의 기초 단계로서 여러 학문적 분야에서 많은 연구가 있어왔다. 그러나 구순구개열(CLP))환아의 경우는cry-producing/control mechnism에 variation이 많은 이유로 이 분야의 연구는 거의 없는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 다음과 같은 의문점을 가지고 CLP환아의 cry feature에 대한분석을 하였다. 첫째, 정상아와 CLP환아의 cry에 전형적인 차이가 있는가? 둘째, CLP환아의 술전, 술후 cry feature에 변화가 있는가? 셋째, cry분석이 CLP환아의 이후 speech disorder에 대한 언어전 평가로서의 가치가 있는가? 넷째, 특정 parameter가 언어전 평가에 적절한 도구로 작용할 수 있는가? 생후 15개월 이내의 CLP 환아 3명과 유사한 나이대의 정상아 8명의 cry에 대한 공기역학 및 음향음성학적 분석을 통해 CLP 환아와 정상아, CLP환아의 술전, 술후 cry특성을 비교 분석하였다. 결과는 다음과 같다. 1 공기역학적 분석 1) airflow는 CLP 환아의 경우 정상아보다 약간 높았고 술 후 약간 증가하였다. 2)폐활량을 나타내는volume에서는 정상아보다 술전 CLP환자의 경우 보상적으로 더 큰 수치를 보였고 술후 약간 증가하였다. 3)강도를 나타내는 parameter(SPL)에서는 정상아 보다 술전 CLP환자의 계측치가 약간 작았으나 술 후 증가하는 양상을 보였다. 2. 음향음성학적 분석 1)기저 주파수 분석시 정상아에 비해 술 전 CLP환자의 경우 계측치가 약간 낮았으나 술 후 증가하여 정상군의 계측치에 근접하였다. 2)강도를 나타내는energy 측정시 정상아에 비해 술 전 CLP계측치가 보상성으로 약간 큰수치를 나타내었고 술 후 약간 더 증가하였다. 3) Shimmer에서는CUI환자의 술후계측치가술전에 비해 현저히 감소하여 정상군의 수치에 근접하였다.

• Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.498-507
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• 2012

Background and Objectives We aimed to develop a Korean version of the velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) speech corpus system. Subjects and Method After developing a 3-channel simultaneous speech recording device capable of recording nasal/oral and normal compound speech separately, voice data were collected from VPI patients aged more than 10 years with/without the history of operation or prior speech therapy. This was compared to a control group for which VPI was simulated by using a french-3 nelaton tube inserted via both nostril through nasopharynx and pulling the soft palate anteriorly in varying degrees. The study consisted of three transcriptors: a speech therapist transcribed the voice file into text, a second transcriptor graded speech intelligibility and severity and the third tagged the types and onset times of misarticulation. The database were composed of three main tables regarding (1) speaker's demographics, (2) condition of the recording system and (3) transcripts. All of these were interfaced with the Praat voice analysis program, which enables the user to extract exact transcribed phrases for analysis. Results In the simulated VPI group, the higher the severity of VPI, the higher the nasalance score was obtained. In addition, we could verify the vocal energy that characterizes hypernasality and compensation in nasal/oral and compound sounds spoken by VPI patients as opposed to that characgerizes the normal control group. Conclusion With the Korean version of VPI speech corpus system, patients' common difficulties and speech tendencies in articulation can be objectively evaluated. Comparing these data with those of the normal voice, mispronunciation and dysarticulation of patients with VPI can be corrected.