Around one in 700 babies worldwide are born with a cleft lip or palate. However, many parents and carers have little idea of how clefts affect children’s ability to make speech sounds and learn ...

July is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month, which aims to raise awareness and improve understanding of cleft lip and palate defects. About 6,000 to 8,000 babies are born in the United States with ...

By using her platform to shine a light on the challenges and triumphs of cleft lip diagnoses, she’s creating space for ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate (CL/CP) are the most commonly occurring craniofacial birth defects. Although some CL/CPs are detected on prenatal ultrasound, the majority are immediately recognized in ...

Operation Smile details its crucial work to provide support and intervention for children who are born with cleft conditions ...

Betty Marwick (right) - played by Lisa Ellis - struggles with the news Call The Midwife has been praised by viewers affected by cleft lip and cleft palate after the BBC drama showed a baby boy ...

Infants with CP may have a tongue that falls into the cleft and obstructs the airway. Some infants with CP require the use of an oropharyngeal airway to alleviate this problem. [3] If the infant ...

This unit examines issues in speech development and speech processing in individuals with a cleft lip and/or palate. It explores the ways in which the development of speech in the presence of a cleft ...

A medical charity, Alliance for Smiles, has started free corrective surgeries for children with cleft lip and palate ...