Open AccessBarriers and Resources to Cleft Lip and Palate Speech Services Globally: A Descriptive Study
Author(s) -
Miriam Baigorri,
Catherine Crowley,
Chelsea L. Sommer,
Gemma MoyaGalé
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of craniofacial surgery/the journal of craniofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1536-3732
pISSN - 1049-2275
DOI - 10.1097/scs.0000000000007988
Subject(s) - medicine , economic shortage , population , language barrier , family medicine , nursing , environmental health , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy
Although a number of international cleft organizations and cleft professionals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have built and supported comprehensive cleft care and speech therapy models to address the shortage of speech services in LMICs, the specific speech needs of individuals with cleft lip and palate (CLP) in such countries remain unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the barriers to accessing speech services for patients with CLP as well as the resources and models of speech services that are currently available for individuals with CLP in LMICs, with the goal of better understanding the needs of this population.