The use of Sanskrit, an ancient language, as a tool to evaluate cleft palate speech problems

Speech is a complex process. The evaluation of speech in an individual with cleft palate is difficult, and the existing classification of phonemes is complicated. Sanskrit, an ancient language, has an arrangement of alphabets that is orderly and scientific and therefore provides a simple means to u...

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Main Author: Gajiwala Kalpesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2007-07-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1699187
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description Speech is a complex process. The evaluation of speech in an individual with cleft palate is difficult, and the existing classification of phonemes is complicated. Sanskrit, an ancient language, has an arrangement of alphabets that is orderly and scientific and therefore provides a simple means to understand the production of phonemes and memorize them. This article demonstrates the inherent advantage of this arrangement of Sanskrit alphabets to effectively analyze defective cleft palate speech and provides a tool for surgeons to decide a course of action in their routine clinical practice. Improved insight into the speech defect by the surgeon also facilitates better coordination with the speech language pathologist in assessment and treatment of a child with cleft palate.
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spelling doaj-art-4eb674f55ba94dabaecd11c2692085fe2025-08-20T01:56:57ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2007-07-014002919310.1055/s-0039-1699187The use of Sanskrit, an ancient language, as a tool to evaluate cleft palate speech problemsGajiwala Kalpesh0Holy Family Hospital and Research Center, Bandra, Mumbai; Ramkrishna Mission Hospital, Khar, Mumbai; Saifee Hospital,Charni Road, Mumbai, Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Hearing Handicapped (AYJNIHH), Mumbai, IndiaSpeech is a complex process. The evaluation of speech in an individual with cleft palate is difficult, and the existing classification of phonemes is complicated. Sanskrit, an ancient language, has an arrangement of alphabets that is orderly and scientific and therefore provides a simple means to understand the production of phonemes and memorize them. This article demonstrates the inherent advantage of this arrangement of Sanskrit alphabets to effectively analyze defective cleft palate speech and provides a tool for surgeons to decide a course of action in their routine clinical practice. Improved insight into the speech defect by the surgeon also facilitates better coordination with the speech language pathologist in assessment and treatment of a child with cleft palate.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1699187cleft palate speechpalatal fistulaphoneme classificationsanskritvelopharyngeal incompetence
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The use of Sanskrit, an ancient language, as a tool to evaluate cleft palate speech problems
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
cleft palate speech
palatal fistula
phoneme classification
sanskrit
velopharyngeal incompetence
title The use of Sanskrit, an ancient language, as a tool to evaluate cleft palate speech problems
title_full The use of Sanskrit, an ancient language, as a tool to evaluate cleft palate speech problems
title_fullStr The use of Sanskrit, an ancient language, as a tool to evaluate cleft palate speech problems
title_full_unstemmed The use of Sanskrit, an ancient language, as a tool to evaluate cleft palate speech problems
title_short The use of Sanskrit, an ancient language, as a tool to evaluate cleft palate speech problems
title_sort use of sanskrit an ancient language as a tool to evaluate cleft palate speech problems
topic cleft palate speech
palatal fistula
phoneme classification
sanskrit
velopharyngeal incompetence
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