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16. Attitude to Speech and Communication in Individuals Born with Cleft Lip and Palate
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe how individuals who are born with a cleft lip and palate experience their communicative situation, how they perceive their speech and whether their views correlate with the results of speech assessments made by specialised speech-language pathologists (SLPs). Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. LÄS MER
17. Adult patients with treated complete cleft lip and palate : Methodological and clinical stndies
Sammanfattning : The purpose of the present thesis was to investigate the quality of life, satisfaction with treatment, prevalence of temporomandibular disorders, psychosocial distress, and occlusal stability in a treated group of adults with complete cleft lip and palate (CLP).Sixty-eight adults ( 44 men and 24 women) with a mean age of 24.2 years (range 19.5-29. LÄS MER
18. Internationally adopted children with unilateral cleft lip and palate - longitudinal perspectives on speech production and language ability
Sammanfattning : Many children with cleft lip and palate have been adopted to Sweden. Most had had no palatal closure performed in their native countries and received their first palatal surgery in Sweden while acquiring a new first language. The main aim of this thesis was to investigate speech production (i.e. LÄS MER
19. Common mechanism for teratogenicity of antiepileptic drugs : Drug-induced embryonic arrhythmia and hypoxia-reoxygenation damage
Sammanfattning : The Antiepilptic drugs (AEDs) phenytoin (PHT), carbamazepine (CBZ), phenobarbital (PB), tri- and dimethadione (TMD and DMD) are known teratogens having a common malformation pattern in human and animal studies. This thesis was designed chiefly to test a hypothesis correlating the teratogenicity of these AEDs to episodes of pharmacologically induced embryonic arrhythmia and hypoxia-reoxygenation damage. LÄS MER
20. Breast-feeding, nasopharyngeal colonization and otitis media
Sammanfattning : This thesis analyzed the relationship between breastfeeding, nasopharyngeal colonization and acute otitis media (AOM) in children. Nasopharyngeal cultures were collected from 400 children and milk samples from their mothers in connection with the scheduled visits to well baby clinics at 1-3, 4-7 and 8-12 months of age, and episodes of AOM and URI were documented. LÄS MER