Often, the first sign of a cleft palate is feeding difficulty or nasal regurgitation when a baby is born. This happens because the gap in tissue between the mouth and nose prevents a baby from ...

Born with cleft palate and cleft lip, the baby was abandoned by his biological parents in the forest when he was just two ...

If this process is tolerated well by the baby and the parents, we proceed with a feed plate ... Kau: We see about 60 to 80 cleft lip palate births at Children’s Hospital each year and another 60 to 80 ...

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 gap is there because parts of the baby's face didn't join together ... Diagnosis of clefts depends on whether they affect the lip, palate, or both. Cleft lips are usually diagnosed during ...

This is the heart-warming moment a baby said her first word on camera - after her parents feared she wouldn't be able to speak due to a cleft palate.

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 ...