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 ...

Dr. Crowley teaches the cleft palate speech course at TC. Over the years she developed a five-day cleft palate speech and feeding training program that has been offered in Asia, Africa, and Latin ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many would consider being born with a cleft lip and palate a setback that could have negative implications throughout one’s whole life. Looking back now, as a 30-year veteran of the finance and ...

Keep the tongue from obscuring landmarks. Cleft lip and palate are often seen in infants with Trisomy 13 (Fig 7). Examine the infant's overall tone and reflexes, including the gag and suck reflex.