What Is Cleft Lip and Palate? A cleft of the lip or palate happens when a baby is born with an opening in the upper lip or the roof of the mouth (the palate). These orofacial clefts are some of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Her patients have included August Poirier. Cleft lip and cleft palate are common conditions that can be repaired. Our expert team at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital treats more children with ...

This is when they also discovered hearing loss and a cleft of the soft palate. “When they did their rounds every morning, everybody came together, and we were involved in the whole entire process. We ...

Surgical repair of a cleft lip and palate have medical benefits beyond the cosmetic. Repairing a cleft lip and palate will provide your infant with improved ability to nurse or drink from a bottle ...

Cleft lip makes it hard for babies to make a good seal around the nipple. Cleft palate makes it hard to create suction because the mouth cannot be closed off from the nose. Normally, a baby pulls the ...

What Is a Cleft Palate? A cleft palate (PAL-it) is when a baby is born with an opening (a cleft) in the roof of the mouth. This leaves a hole between the nose and the mouth. The opening can: just be ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate happen when part of the lip or roof of the mouth (palate) does not form properly. This leaves a gap (cleft). These birth defects happen in early pregnancy. Sometimes ...

OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital is the most experienced and largest provider of cleft lip and cleft palate care in Oregon. We offer: A complete diagnosis and treatment plan for your child, ...

Children born with a cleft lip or palate — or identified as having a cleft lip and palate while in utero — can have some challenges, including increased susceptibility to ear infections, hearing loss, ...