On leadersproject.org, she created a two-hour series of modules in Spanish, with English subtitles, for SLPs in Latin America who want to address cleft palate speech and feeding issues in children.

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 ...

But the complications of a cleft lip and palate go beyond the cosmetic. Children with untreated clefts can struggle with lifelong difficulties, including breathing, sucking, swallowing ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate (CL/CP) are the most commonly occurring craniofacial birth defects. Although some CL/CPs are detected on prenatal ultrasound, the majority are immediately recognized in ...

The child looks more like everyone else at school. Q: How many of these types of patients do you treat each year? Kau: We see about 60 to 80 cleft lip palate births at Children’s Hospital each year ...

Main research interests: Factors that influence treatment outcome for children with cleft palate. In recent years, Dr. Hardin-Jones' research has examined the impact of cleft palate on early vocal ...

In 1998, the CSAG commissioned a research team to evaluate the care of children with cleft lip/palate. Standards were disappointing, and as a result services were centralised in the UK. This process ...

Surgery to repair cleft lip and/or palate is performed to restore form and function in children with these common congenital malformations. In a previous study, Dr. Steinbacher's group reported ...

Surgery to repair cleft lip and/or palate is performed to restore form and function in children with these common congenital malformations. In a previous study, Dr. Steinbacher's group reported ...

When she was born, she had no discernable lips, ears or nose. The resident of this west Japan city was among the roughly one ...