Taste, Speech and oro-facial relations following partial tongue reduction: A single-center, longitudinal, functional outcome study in patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome that have undergone tongue reduction surgery
Completed
- Conditions
- Congenital enlarged tongue1002766410019190
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON36543
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
- Written informed consent
- History of macroglossia
- Patients included in the control group have been diagnosed with BWS and were not treated for macroglossia
- 5 years <= age <= 20 years on the day of participation
- History of good physical and mental health as determined by history taking.
Exclusion Criteria
- Serious mental impairment
- History or presence of a medical condition that can influence speech, such as cleft palate, hearing problems or other problems that can potentially cause a developmental delay
- History or presence of a medical condition that can potentially influence taste perception
- History or presence of a medical condition that can potentially influence normal oro-facial development
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>In total, all participants will visit the outpatient clinic of our craniofacial<br /><br>research unit one single time to complete the study. Differences in the outcome<br /><br>of the taste test, the speech assessment test and the evaluation of the<br /><br>oro-facial development between the study group and the none-operated control<br /><br>group will be evaluated.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Niet van toepassing</p><br>