Creator
Edna Young
Title
Overcoming Cleft Palate Speech.
Coverage
Minneapolis
Publisher
Hill-Young School
Date
1928
Description
Edna Young was a 20th-century speech pathologist. She was known for her work in the moto-kinesthetic method, a version of motor speech therapy. She herself had speech problems stemming from a severe malocclusion. She had been a school teacher before transitioning to speech therapy. In this work on the correction of cleft palate speech, Young reviews the principles for overcoming speech pathology that arises particularly from a child born with a cleft palate. Children born with a cleft palate have their speech affected because of the inability to form a seal on the roof of their mouths; as such, the loss of air produces different sounds that must be overcome. Speech pathology plays a crucial role in the rehabilitation of the cleft palate patient.