1. List of original publications

This thesis is based on the following articles, referred to in the text by their Roman numerals:

I Laitinen J, Haapanen M-L, Paaso M, Pulkkinen J, Heliövaara A, Ranta R. Occurrence of dental consonant misarticulations in different cleft types. Folia Phoniatr Logop 1998;50:92-100.
II Laitinen J, Ranta R, Pulkkinen J, Paaso M, Haapanen M-L. Changes in Finnish dental consonant articulation in cleft lip/palate children between 6 and 8 years of age. Folia Phoniatr Logop; (in press).
III Laitinen J, Ranta R, Pulkkinen J, Haapanen M-L. The association between dental arch dimensions and occurrence of Finnish dental consonant misarticulations in cleft lip/palate children. Acta Odontol Scand 1998;56:308-312.
IV Laitinen J, Ranta R, Pulkkinen J, Haapanen M-L. Associations between dental occlusion and misarticulations of Finnish dental consonants in cleft lip/palate children. Eur J Oral Sci 1999;107:109-113.
V Laitinen J, Sarmas R, Haapanen M-L, Ranta R. Speech and breathing aerodynamics, oral somatosensoric sensibility, and strength of tongue muscles correlated with articulation of the Finnish /r/-sound in subjects with and without oral clefts. Med Sci Res 1998;26:813-815.
VI Laitinen J, Hurmerinta K, Ranta R, Sarmas R, Haapanen M-L. Comparisons of speech aerodynamics and lateral craniofacial cephalometrics in cleft lip and palate patients with and without Finnish /r/ sound distortion. Folia Phoniatr Logop; (in press).