Subject(s)
Credentialing , Perioperative Nursing/standards , Societies, Nursing , Clinical Competence , Governing Board , Humans , United StatesABSTRACT
We present the results of a pilot study conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of palatal tomography in patients suspected of having palatal defects not detectable by other methods. Twelve patients were involved in the projects, ranging in age from 3 to 11 years. There were 8 boys and 4 girls. Each patient was evaluated with voice recordings, lateral cineradiographic x-rays, and palatal tomograms. Nine of the 12 patients were found by tomography to have palatal defects that had not been detected either by cineradiography or by clinical investigation, including physical examination of the palate. The results of this study are presented with clinical findings.
Subject(s)
Cleft Palate/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , PregnancyABSTRACT
A pilot study is presented in which 12 selected patients, ages 3-11 years, were evaluated for a palatal defect utilizing trispiral tomography. Each patient, because of speech and hearing abnormalities, was evaluated by a speech pathologist and an otolaryngolgist and voice recordings, audiometry, tympanometry and plain and cine radiographic X-rays were obtained. Those children with speech and hearing abnormalities in whom the question of a palatal defect was raised underwent trispiral palatal tomography. Nine of the 12 patients selected for tomography demonstrated a palatal defect that was not detected by other means. Trispiral tomography appears to be a useful tool in the diagnosis of suspected palatal defects in selected patients.
