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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Funded by Chevron, these organisations came together to provide free surgeries for patients with cleft lips and palates in Sylhet. It wasn't just Adiba—this mission offered surgery to 66 patients, ...