Akiko Sato
| Faculty of Health and Medical Science,Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Therapy | Associate Professor |
| Graduate School of Health Sciences,Master's and Doctoral Programs in Speech-Language-Hearing Therapy | Associate Professor |
Last Updated :2025/11/08
■Researcher basic information
Degree
■Career
Career
Member History
■Research activity information
Paper
- Development and Validation of a Japanese Outcome Tool for Perceptual Assessment of Speech in Patients with Cleft Palate.
Ogata Y.; Tezuka M.; Fujiwara Y.; Takei Y.; Sugiyama C.; Hirose M.; Sato A.; Imamura A.; Suzuki K.; Imai S.; Yamashita Y.; Hayakawa T.; Hasegawa S.; Mizuto Y.
Folia Phoniatr Logop., Feb. 2025, [Reviewed] - わが国における小児構音障害に対する言語聴覚療法のエビデンス－システマティックレビューによる検討－
Jan. 2025, [Reviewed] - 口唇口蓋裂に伴うことばの問題と口蓋裂言語評価（特集 基礎から学ぶ口蓋裂言語）
Jan. 2025 - 構音障害の治療 病態に応じた対応－機能性構音障害（解説）
Apr. 2023 - Evaluation of Velopharyngeal Function using the Japanese Scare for Assessment of Cleft Palate Speech
SATO Akiko
J.Jpn.Cleft Palate Assoc., Apr. 2015, [Reviewed]
This study examined the relationship between velopharyngeal function evaluated using the Japanese Scale for Assessment of Cleft Palate Speech and velopharyngeal gap size evaluated using nasoendoscopic examinations or/and lateral cephalometric analysis. The subjects were 48 patients with a repaired cleft lip and palate. Forty patients had a cleft lip, alveolus, and palate, and 8 had an isolated cleft palate. They were suspected of having velopharyngeal inadequacy and were evaluated at the age of 4-7 years old from 2007 to 2013. All the patients with a cleft lip, alveolus, and palate had not undergone alveolar bone grafting. Velopharyngeal function was judged using the Japanese Scale for Assessment of Cleft Palate Speech on a 4-point scale: good, slightly impaired, marginally impaired, severely impaired. If the patients could not be judged according to this scale, they were classified as "pending judgment." Gap size was assessed using the following 4-point scale: none, small, medium, large. Agreement between the 4-point scales of velopharyngeal function and gap size was determined using the weighted Kappa statistic.
The results were as follows:
1. Of the 48 patients, 29 (60.4%) could be judged according to the 4-point scale of the Japanese Scale for Assessment of Cleft Palate Speech; 19 (39.6%) were classified as "pending judgment" and all had an unrepaired cleft alveolus.
2. The level of agreement between velopharyngeal function evaluated using the Japanese Scale for Assessment of Cleft Palate Speech and velopharyngeal gap size evaluated using nasoendoscopy or/and lateral cephalometric analysis was interpreted as moderate and good, respectively.
3. Some patients whose velopharyngeal function was judged "good" showed small gaps on nasoendoscopic examinations. These patients showed no gaps on lateral cephalometric analysis; however, they had nasal snort.
4. Two experienced listeners separately analyzed audio speech samples. An evaluation of inter-rater reliability using the weighted Kappa statistic was performed. The agreement level was interpreted as moderate for hypernasality and good for nasal emission.
5. Nasal snort treatment, blowing examination and the relationship between "pending judgment" using the Japanese Scale for Assessment of Cleft Palate Speech and size of cleft alveolus and fistulas are some issues that require further investigation. - Two-flap変法による初回口蓋形成術ーコツと工夫ー
Dec. 2014 - 口唇裂・口蓋裂児の親の関心に関する調査
Nov. 2011, [Reviewed] - Application of re-pushback operation in the secondary surgery of cleft palate: comparison with pharyngeal flap operation
Japanese journal of plastic surgery, Dec. 2008, [Reviewed] - 自閉傾向を伴う知的障害児にみられた構音の改善
Dec. 2000, [Reviewed]
Books and other publications
Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
- ナゾメーター検査の幼児向け発話課題の検討と鼻音化率基準範囲設定の試み
23 Oct. 2025 - Investigating speech tasks for young children in nasometry and establishing a standard range of nasalance scores
Akiko SATO; Mayumi KUROTANI; Yoshiko TAKEI
CLEFT2025, 23 Oct. 2025 - The effort of dietary modifications on postoperative food intake in children with cleft lip and/or palate involving the alveolus undergoing secondary alveolar bone grafting
Mayumi KUROTANI; Akiko SATO; Naoko FUJIOKA; Yumiko OGURA; Tatsuya ISHIGAKI
CLEFT2025, 22 Oct. 2025 - 口蓋裂言語の基礎知識と治療の進め方
Nov. 2024, [Invited] - ナゾメーター検査における幼児の鼻音化率基準範囲設定の試み―母音、連続音節課題を用いた検討―
May 2024 - 千葉県こども病院における口唇口蓋裂チームの取り組み―顎裂部骨移植術後食の変更の試み―
May 2024 - ナゾメーター検査における健常幼児向けの発話課題作成と鼻音化率基準範囲設定の試み
Oct. 2023 - 子どもの発音が気になったら？言語聴覚士に聞く『構音障害』相談のタイミングとポイント（インタビュー）
27 Sep. 2023 - 口蓋裂言語の基礎知識と治療の進め方
Sep. 2023 - 小児の構音障害の評価と指導～舌運動訓練を活用した構音訓練～
Jul. 2023 - ナゾメーター検査による鼻咽腔閉鎖機能評価に用いる日本語発話課題の長さに関する検討
Jul. 2023 - 子どもの構音障害基礎講座
Aug. 2021 - 対面式とオンラインを併用した側音化構音１例の訓練経過
31 Jul. 2021 - 口唇口蓋裂のある子どもの理解と支援
Nov. 2019 - 千葉県こども病院における先天性鼻咽腔閉鎖不全症手術症例の治療経過
Oct. 2019 - 側音化構音のある児童の指導
Jul. 2019 - 構音障害のある児童の指導
Nov. 2018 - 口唇口蓋裂のある子どもの理解と支援
Aug. 2018 - Japancleft口蓋裂言語評価の目指すもの Japancleft委員会口蓋裂言語評価ワーキンググループ（WG）の活動報告
May 2018 - 千葉県こども病院における粘膜下口蓋裂手術症例の言語成績
May 2018 - 口蓋裂言語検査（言語臨床用）DVD付に関するアンケート調査の報告
Jul. 2017 - 口蓋裂術後の鼻咽腔閉鎖機能に関するアンケート調査
May 2017 - 4段階の口蓋裂言語検査による鼻咽腔閉鎖機能の評価―治療方針、術後経過との関連―
May 2016 - 22q11.2欠失症候群の鼻咽腔閉鎖機能の検討－非22q11.2欠失症候群との比較ー
May 2015 - 口蓋裂言語検査による粘膜下口蓋裂未手術例の鼻咽腔閉鎖機能
May 2014
Affiliated academic society
Research Themes
- 鼻咽腔閉鎖機能不全に対する4段階の音声言語評価に基づく鼻音化率指標の作成
01 Apr. 2022 - 31 Mar. 2025
■University education and qualification information
Qualifications, licenses
- Obtained a speech-language-hearing therapist licence
- Japan Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association Certified Cleft Lip/Cleft Palate Specialist (Speech and Language) (registration number Speech and Language 3)
- Obtained a Certified Public Psychologist licenase
- Obtained a qualification of speech-language certified specialist recognised by the Japan Society of Logopedics and Phoniatrics
- Japan Speech-Language-Hearing Association Certified Speech-Language-Hearing Therapist (stuttering, articulation disorder in children)
