The effect of speech training on the speech intelligibility of older patients with cleft palate after operation

Objective: To explore the effective method for increasing the speech intelligibility of older patients with cleft palate after operation.Methods: The treatment plans of 34 older patients with cleft palate after operation were formulated according to their voice evaluation.The personalized speech training was implemented according to their different types of pronunciation after strengthening palatopharyngeal closure function training.Results: Compared with before treatment,the speech intelligibility was improved from(44.67±14.23)% to(91.11±6.76)% after speech training(P< 0.01).Conclusions: The personalized speech training can effectively improve the ill pronouncing habit and speech intelligibility of older patients with cleft palate after operation.