Cleft lip and palate

August or Auggie Pullman is an intelligent young man in the 5th grade. He has a gene that makes him face all wonky so he had to have surgeries when he was younger. Even with all the surgeries he still looks wonky. All his life he has been homeschooled until this year. This year is August’s first year in public school. He starts to get bullied because he looks weird and has to do a few things a little different. So a fight goes on between him and his bully for a good bit of the school year. He…

Auggie is a student at Beecher Prep, A private school in Brooklyn, New York, he has a deformed face. Wonder, a book by R.J. Palacio, is the story of his experiences at Beecher Prep, and it is up to us to read it and decide whether it was good for him, or bad. What do you think? Was Auggies experience at Beecher Prep good, or bad? I believe that his experience at Beecher Prep was mainly good. This is proven in many ways, for instance:”The teachers have been prepping us about this all year long,…

next. Through the article, the reader discovered that middle ear problems and swallowing difficulties were symptoms of cleft palate, only 10% of individuals show all the symptomatic signs of cleft palate, and all the signs do not need to be present for a diagnosis of cleft palate. This is intriguing regarding how others are diagnosed if only 10% of individuals show signs of cleft palate. Title and Abstract: The title for the article is distinct…

Every one in 700 live births can occur in either a cleft lip and/or a cleft palate. Cleft lip and cleft palate occur when tissues in the baby's face and mouth don't form properly. Either of these clefts can be diagnosed early on in the pregnancy. Cleft lip consists primarily of the lip, whether it is the right side, left side or in the middle. Cleft palate consists of the roof of the mouth. Both of these conditions can be managed with several surgeries in the first few months after birth but can…

Nasal resonance and airflow can also be impacted by cleft lip and/or palate. The abnormal nasal resonance and airflow cause hypernasal and hyponasal speech. Hypernasal speech occurs when there is too much airflow coming through the nasal cavity making sounds more breathy. Hyponasal speech occurs when too little airflow comes through the nasal cavity making the sounds sound as if the child has a plugged nose (Nagarajan, Savitha, & Subramaniyan, 2009). Velopharyngeal dysfunction is the…

There are many forms of a cleft lip, which is a split in parts of the oral cavity that originates in the womb during early pregnancy. The split may be in the lip alone, both the lip and palate, or in the lip, jaw, and palate, and sometimes only in the palate. Clefts may also contain either a single or double split. Each cleft has different characteristics in every child born with this malformation. Clefts may pose different problems that involve feeding difficulties, speech development, and…

Description A Cleft lip and cleft palate are the result of birth defect. Cleft lip and cleft palate are the openings or splits in the upper lip, the roof of the mouth or both. This result in difficulty to eat, speak, hear and breathe. The major cause behind this problem genetic defect. Pre Surgery Cleft lip and cleft palate surgery is used to repair the spilt lip and palate. This surgery may be performed one or more times depends on the severity patient have. This procedure is done under…

means of reconstructive surgery. Cleft palates and cleft lips are a rare birth abnormality affecting one in seven hundred births in the nation. Cleft palates and cleft lips come as the result failed fusion of the roof of the mouth and side of the lip during pregnancy. Often times babies can end up with a bilateral complete cleft in which both sides of the lips extend fully into the nose. Although babies are still considered healthy with cleft lips and cleft palates, the abnormalities can cause…

Communication-related Features Jane is 43 years old and was born with an incomplete cleft, which is a cleft in the soft palate and uvula. In addition, she has a moderately severe hearing impairment. Clefts of the lip and palate are the most common congenital deformities (Bansal, Pathak, Bhatia, Gupta, & Gautam, 2012). In school age and throughout adulthood, children with isolated cleft palate have poorer language performance than those with no clefts. (D’Antonio & Scherer, 2008). This is a…

Cleft Lip and Palate can be found in an ultrasound beginning around 13 weeks, but sometimes it isn't found till after birth. Cleft lip and palate is important for parents to know about because it is the fourth most common birth defect in the US (American Pregnancy Association). A cleft lip is formed when improper fusion takes place between the mouth and nose. It can cause parents struggles when…