Abordagem fonoaudiológica em um centro de reabilitação de fissuras labiopalatinas na cidade de Goiânia

Abstract

Introduction: Cleft lip and palate are craniofacial anomalies that occur in the embryonic period, causing several consequences in the baby's life, such as eating problems, speech disorders, complaints and hearing difficulties. The evaluation and intervention in patients with cleft lip and palate involve a multidisciplinary team, including pediatricians, dentists, psychologists, nutritionists, dentists and speech therapists. The speech therapist is the professional trained to rehabilitate functions and prevent alterations (CYMROT, 2010; SILVESTRE, 2020). Objective: To describe speech therapy in subjects with cleft lip and palate at a cleft rehabilitation center at a hospital in the city of Goiânia. Method: This was a quantitative, retrospective, descriptive study carried out at the State Hospital for Children and Adolescents. It was fixed by a documentary-type data collection. Results: The cleft with the highest prevalence was the transforamen (60%), the relationship between the type of cleft and gender showed a predominance of the post-foramen in females (67%) and transforamen in males (60%). Alterations were found in the areas of Language, Orofacial Motricity, Voice and Hearing. The most predominant results were hypernasality (32%), language delay (17%) and articulatory disorders (16%). And the most common types of intervention were articulatory training (32%), facial mime (10%) and diaphragmatic (8%)