When Eloise Lundeen was born with a cleft lip and palate, her parents weren’t sure what to do. The birth defect occurs when the upper lip and roof of the mouth (known as the palate) of a ...

Born with a bilateral cleft lip, Kynlee, 10, began noticing her facial differences around age 6. Other kids noticed, too. “They would make her feel different, and they would draw attention to ...

Cleft Care UK (CCUK) a cross sectional survey of five year old children with non-syndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of reconfigured ...

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 ...