Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Skills and Their Correlates in Mandarin-Speaking Infants with Unrepaired Cleft Lip and/or Palate.
Si-Wei MaLi LuTing-Ting ZhangDan-Tong ZhaoBin-Ting YangYan-Yan YangJian-Min GaoPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2020)
Delays in vocabulary skills were common among Mandarin-speaking CL/P infants, and age was positively associated with impaired and lagging vocabulary skills. The findings suggest the necessity and importance of early and effective identification of CL/P, and early intervention programs and effective treatment are recommended for Chinese CL/P infants.