Digital technologies in medical and logopedic rehabilitation of children with congenital fractures of the upper lip and palate

In the modern world, one of the urgent problems of teaching children the correct word pronunciation is congenital clefts of the upper lip and palate caused by the malfunctioning of organs and tissues of the oral cavity and some difficulties in their prevention and treatment. Congenital malformations of the maxillofacial region occupy one of the main places among diseases of childhood in terms of prevalence. The average incidence of this defect is 0.5-1.5 cases per thousand children born. Currently, there is a steady upward trend in the prevalence of congenital clefts of the upper lip and palate in Samara and the Samara region, and today it is 1.18 per 1000 newborns. In this regard, based on a comprehensive decision of the medical-psychological-pedagogical commission, timely rehabilitation of such children is carried out, which is based on the use of modern digital technologies for the purpose of their correctional and developmental education. These technologies contribute to the solution of many diverse tasks in a short time of education for children with congenital clefts of the upper lip and palate. Correctional work with such children involves the use of specialized or adapted diagnostic and developmental computer programs, which are an effective way of forming their correct speech. However, it should be noted that the effect of their use depends on the professional competence of a specialist, his ability to use information and communication technologies in the learning process of each child, while creating psychological comfort in the classroom, increasing working capacity, and also forming personal qualities necessary for full adaptation in the environment. environment.