Treatment

Question 1

SLP role before physical management

Answer 1

Assess lang/artic: dev errors, phonological processes
NAE/hypernasality: endoscopic eval, what did the clinician hear?
Work with the family:
inform about typical s/l dev and abnormal speech sounds
Encourage fam to praise efforts, correct place even if manner is off
“Enjoy your baby”

Question 2

SLP role after physical management

Answer 2

Train your client:
are they stimulable for sounds with their new surgery/procedure/device?
assume that the surgery/procedure/device was a good fit
Reduce NAE/hypernasality
Eliminate artic errors
See therapy goals 1-4

Question 3

4 Therapy Goals

Answer 3

1. Decrease velopharyngeal patency (openness)
2. Decrease NAE, increase oral air pressure
3. Decrease hypernasality
4. Decrease compensatory errors