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 ...

According to the American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association, one in every 700 newborns is affected by cleft lip or cleft ...

Samantha Hanratty revealed that her son will be getting surgery at three weeks old to close his cleft lip. The pregnant ...

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 ...

Hanratty and her husband, Christian DeAnda, announced in August that they are expecting a baby. The couple later found out ...

Each year around 1000 children are born with cleft lip and/or palate in the United Kingdom. Many require long term multi-disciplinary care. Twenty years ago, children with cleft lip and/or palate were ...

A local effort is underway thanks to an Edmond teen to raise money for Smile Train, a charity that treats children born with ...

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 ...

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