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 ...

Speech-language pathologists help kids with speech disorders (like stuttering), hearing problems, feeding problems, and other medical conditions, including cleft palate. How Does Speech-Language ...

Cleft lip and palate (CLP) are among the most common congenital conditions affecting speech development in children. These conditions can lead to various speech challenges, even after surgical ...

Cleft palate is a congenital condition that can significantly affect speech production, often leading to a speech disorder known as hypernasality. Hypernasality occurs when there is excessive ...

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 ...

Why are you collecting Speech and Language data? Children who are born with cleft palate are more likely than other children to have problems with their speech. In fact about half of all children born ...

In recent years, Dr. Hardin-Jones' research has examined the impact of cleft palate on early vocal development in toddlers. She is also interested in surgical management issues that influence speech ...

In cleft palate, a baby is born with a gap in the roof of their mouth (palate). Cleft palate affects speech and feeding because the muscles at the back of the palate are not formed properly. These ...

Feeding, hearing, speech and vision can be affected ... and Craniofacial Program has been approved by the Commission on Approval of Teams (CAT) as a Cleft Palate Team (CPT) and Craniofacial Team (CFT) ...

Dr. Lori K. Howell is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who does cleft lip repairs at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Her patients have included August Poirier. Cleft lip and cleft palate are ...

Speech-language pathologists help kids with speech disorders (like stuttering), hearing problems, feeding problems, and other medical conditions, including cleft palate. How Does Speech-Language ...