Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To provide comparison data on the Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) for a sample of 3-year-old English-speaking children born with any cleft type.
DESIGN: Questionnaire data from the Cleft Collective Cohort Study were used. Descriptive and inferential statistics were carried out to determine difference according to children's cleft type and syndromic status.
PARTICIPANTS: A total of 412 children born with cleft lip and/or palate whose mothers had completed the ICS when their child was 3 years old.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Mothers' rating of their children's intelligibility using the ICS.
RESULTS: The average ICS score for the total sample was 3.75 (sometimes-usually intelligible; standard deviation [SD] = 0.76, 95% CIs = 3.68-3.83) of a possible score of 5 (always intelligible). Children's speech was reported to be most intelligible to their mothers (mean = 4.33, SD = 0.61, 95% CIs = 4.27-4.39) and least intelligible to strangers (mean = 3.36, SD = 1.00, 95% CIs = 3.26-3.45). There was strong evidence (P < .001) for a difference in intelligibility between children with cleft lip only (n = 104, mean = 4.13, SD = 0.62, 95% CIs = 4.01-4.25) and children with any form of cleft palate (n = 308, mean = 3.63, SD = 0.76, 95% CIs = 3.52-3.71). Children born with cleft palate with or without cleft lip and an identified syndrome were rated as less intelligible (n = 63, mean = 3.28, SD = 0.85, 95% CIs = 3.06-3.49) compared to children who did not have a syndrome (n = 245, mean = 3.72, SD = 0.71, 95% CIs = 3.63-3.81).
CONCLUSIONS: These results provide preliminary comparative data for clinical services using the outcome measures recommended by the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1178-1189 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Early online date | 3 Feb 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors would like to thank the families who participated in the Cleft Collective Cohort Study, the UK NHS cleft teams, The Scar Free Foundation and The Cleft Collective team, who helped facilitate the study. This research has been conducted using The Cleft Collective Resource under Application Number CC-009. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Funding for the Cleft Collective Cohort Study has been awarded by the UK charity The Scar Free Foundation, formerly known as The Healing Foundation, and the University of Bristol. The authors are also grateful to The Underwood Trust who funded this specific work.
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