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 ...

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 ...

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 ...