Abstract
Fifty-eight patients with cleft palate only who had received treatment in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Iowa were examined for treatment results. Forty-one (70.7 percent) of the 58 patients showed a syndrome or suggestive factors. An unusually high percentage (36 percent) of the 58 patients required secondary surgery for velopharyngeal dysfunction or showed indications for surgery at examination. Some but not all of the relatively low success rate appears related to surgical experience. Speech proficiency, hearing acuity, and dental status were within normal limits or nearly so. The 20 patients with pharyngeal flap surgery were doing well, with minimal indications of functional obstruction.
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