Code
13V40111
Duration
01 October 2011 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Federal funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Humanities and the arts
- Linguistics
- Theory and methodology of linguistics
- Other languages and literary studies
Keywords
palatal closure
Project description
The scientific aim of this project is to assess the impact of early palatal closure (< 6 months) on speech in babies living in Uganda and to determine the impact of delayed palatal closure (> 18 years) on speech in adults. Regarding developmental care, the main purposes are training of speech therapists, the creation of a speech clinic and evaluation of the surgical time protocol.