Cleft Lip and Palate Services
What do we do?
- Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Studies and Speech Studies are carried out monthly with radiologists at Middlemore Radiology Department
- Newborn babies with cleft lip and/or palate and their families are seen by Speech Language Therapists before discharging
- A velo-pharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) clinic is held at Manukau Super Clinic. This is for children with speech disorders related to palatal function
- Specialist Speech-Language Therapy to the regional cleft lip and palate team at Middlemore Plastic Surgery.
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