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 ...

Having a family member with a cleft may also increase risk, especially when cleft lip and palate happen together. In some children, cleft palate occurs in combination with other conditions or ...

In a heartwarming adoption story from Madhya Pradesh, a United States couple adopted a special tribal boy who was abandoned ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Indore: A child born with birth defects including a cleft palate and cleft lip, who was abandoned by his biological parents ...

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

In Huế, hundreds of children with birth defects like cleft lip, palate deformities, and other congenital disabilities have ...

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 ...