Cleft Lip and Palate

This is a valuable and useful resource for the speech–language pathologist/clinician serving on cleft and craniofacial teams, for SLPs on other multiprofessional teams, and for other medical and dental professionals interested and involved in cleft and craniofacial care.

Changes in the second edition:
» Content reflects new developments in the field.
» Chapters more comprehensively represent team member contribution concerning early nursing care, feeding and nutrition, social work and family burdens of care, and pediatric otolaryngology.
» Chapters address ethical issues in interdisciplinary care and transcultural issues, while also focusing on professional team, patient, and family issues.
» New chapters deal with anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism and with foundations of speech and language development.

Written by skilled clinicians and scholars who are committed to the interdisciplinary team approach. The editors have a combination of over 70 years of field experience with patients and their families, and are experts in speech issues associated with clefting and other craniofacial anomalies.