This technique is called the nasal alveolar molding (NAM) plate. It has the advantage of approximating the gums ... Q: How many of these types of patients do you treat each year? Kau: We see about 60 ...

Dr. Crowley teaches the cleft palate speech course at TC. Over the years she developed a five-day cleft palate speech and feeding training program that has been offered in Asia, Africa, and Latin ...

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 ...

The president and chief executive officer of Smile Train, a non-governmental organisation that offers free cleft lip and palate surgeries, Dr Susannah Schaefer, said in Africa alone, the 149 250 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The birth of a child with a cleft lip or palate, or both, can be very upsetting, especially as not all families can afford the high treatment costs. Now, Swiss researchers have developed a low ...

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 ...

"Our laboratory focuses on obtaining a better knowledge of the genetic and cellular pathways involved in cleft lip and palate," said Degen. "However, we are convinced that 3D models established ...

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 ...