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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although clefts are generally repaired within the first years of life in the UK, and some affected children develop typical speech patterns, there is evidence that more than 50% of children born with ...

Without proper treatment, a child with cleft palate cannot make certain speech sounds. This includes sounds that require pressure, such as “b,” “d,” “p” and “ch.” The primary goal ...

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 ...

Most cleft lips are repaired at about four months, the soft palate at twelve months, and then nothing else happens in terms of orthodontics until about seven or eight years of age. They have to go ...

Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre launches Cleft Care Centre of Excellence, offering comprehensive services for cleft lip and ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate are conditions ... Depending on their condition, they may undergo speech therapy or soft palate surgery to aid speech development. In their teenage years, maxillofacial ...