Hi everyone, I have been searching for info on Velopharyngeal Insufficiency in Spanish and on Cleft Palate. Let me know if you know of any resources. Here are a few that I have found so far. Disfunción del esfínter velofaríngeo y su tratamiento Fonoaudiologica Revista Digital I also have a call regarding obtaining a copy of the booklet below inspanish.Treatment
Recently, I had the opportunity to interview members of a CLP team and they shared with me what would make it easier . What would you consider to be the most important thing that a service provider should know when they are working with a child with a cleft lip and palate? Kids with clefts can’t generate pressure to make
Hi everyone, Here are some goals for increasing the consonant inventories for young children with cleft palate. Prior to closing the palate, a child needs to focus on low pressure sounds. These are sounds that are made with the throat (h) or with the nose (m,n) and don’t depend on the child being able to build up pressure and create
Another quick answer to a question that was posed to us that we thought that everyone might be interested in. This information is from Fraser, a geneticist from Montreal Gene Mutation Parents can carry a gene and the clefting is inherited For this reason new parents often go to genetic counseling if there has been someone with a cleft lip
Here is the answer to a recent email we received. • Clefts occur in ~ 1/750 live births • Estimated prevalence by type:Lip only 14%Palate only 37%Lip and Palate 49% (77% are unilateral left) • Estimated data by race:– Asian and Caucasian populations more susceptible– Black populations present with ½ the rate of Asians and Caucasians– Hispanic data are inconclusive
Thanks to everyone for attending the Cleft Lip and Palate presentation at the State of Texas telecast. It was a great success. For those who were asking, yes the State office is videotaped it and will offer it through their library. We will also launch it as an online continuing education course in the near future. We will let you
