TY - JOUR AU - Unasri, Natthasart AU - Chinchai, Supaporn AU - Prathanee, Benjamas PY - 2020/06/16 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Development of the Hypernasality Modification Program in Thai School-Aged Children with Cleft Lip/Palate: Development of the Hypernasality Modification Program JF - International Journal of Child Development and Mental Health JA - International Journal of Child Development and Mental Health VL - 8 IS - 1 SE - Original Articles DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/cdmh/article/view/209032 SP - 20-29 AB - <p>Hypernasality with/without articulation disorders are significant speech defects among patients with Cleft Lip and/or Palate (CLP), particularly in school-aged children. Thus, there has not been a systematic program to deal with hypernasality for Thais. Therefore, this study aimed to develop a hypernasality modification program for Thai school-aged children with CLP. The hypernasality modification program in Thai school-aged children was practically developed into a systematic manual based on previous literature reviews. The program consisted of multiple steps written from one word to narrative levels, according to Thai syllable structure instruction. After completing the 1<sup>st</sup> version of the development program, content validity was determined by a panel of five experts. The hypernasality modification program showed excellent validity index (S-CVI = 0.98) and item content validity index (I-CVI = 0.8 to 1.0). After the researchers’ panel review and discussion based on the experts’ suggestions, the 2<sup>nd</sup> version was delivered for the next step in the near future. The results indicated that the hypernasality modification program was valid and could be used for Thai school-aged children with CLP. Further research will be needed to determine the effectiveness of this program.</p> ER -