In circumstances when the cleft is on two sides or bilateral, the taping and plate significantly ... Kau: We see about 60 to 80 cleft lip palate births at Children’s Hospital each year and another 60 ...

I was born in the 1970s with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, and have undergone almost a dozen surgeries throughout my lifetime. At the time, before the age of the Internet and social media ...

Born with a bilateral cleft lip, Kynlee, 10, began noticing her facial differences around age 6. Other kids noticed, too.

When Eloise Lundeen was born with a cleft lip and palate, her parents weren’t sure what to do. The birth defect occurs when the upper lip and roof of the mouth (known as the palate) of a ...

As it happened for Kynlee, she asked her mother one night if dogs also have cleft lips—to which her mom replied "of course ...

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 ...