Roughly 70% of children with cleft palate require speech therapy, but some regions in the world have a shortage of speech ...

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 ...

Each year around 1000 children are born with cleft lip and/or palate in the United Kingdom. Many require long term multi-disciplinary care. Twenty years ago, children with cleft lip and/or palate were ...

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 ...

A mum-of-two left her career in banking to take on midwifery after her little boy was born with a cleft palate. Nicole Stirrat's youngest son, Alex, was born with a cleft palate and Pierre Robin ...

“My baby is going to be born with a cleft lip. We’re not 100 percent sure, and we probably won’t know 100 percent until he’s born, whether he has the palate,” Hanratty said in the new ...

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