Cleft Palate (orofacial cleft) Flashcards
Approximately, how many babies are born with cleft palate?
Approx 1 in 500.
Mostly babies with cleft palate are ________-______________.
Non-Syndromic.
Name the kind of variants involving clefts.
- Cleft lip
- Cleft palate
- cleft lip with cleft palate.
What types of cleft lips can you get?
Unilateral or bilateral.
What is a cleft palate?
A cleft palate is an opening or split in the roof of the mouth that occurs when the tissue doesn’t fuse together during development in the womb.
Cleft palate is when the ______ don’t fuse properly together.
Bones.
What are the problems cleft palate causes?
- Aspiration
- Restricts Airway
- Regurgitation
- Problems with feeding; oral phase of swallowing completely gone.
Why is it important to feel the inside of the mouth, not just look?
As sometimes the mucosa is intact but cleft palate exists underneath.
Babies with cleft palate usually can’t _______ _______.
Breast Feed.
SLTs often have to give ______ advice to mothers.
Feeding.
In cleft palate, what sort of test is done?
Genetic test to check they have no syndromes.
What is the process of management of cleft palate?
3/12 months- lip repair surgery, feeding advice and support
6/12 months - speech evaluation
9/12 months- speech therapy begins for speech
9/12 m - 12 years - palate repair surgery
What is essential regarding management for people with cleft palate?
Early intervention - beginning with feeding.
Why may a child with cleft palate need grommets?
As they can often have middle ear problems.
For feeding, what may babies with cleft palate need fitted?
NG tube (nasogastric tube).
