Publications
Posted on March 16th, 2007
Development of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Services
…in the Eastern Health Board Region
Eastern Health Board, February 1999. 118p. (A4 size)
In February 1999 a report into the development of oral and maxillofacial surgery services in the Eastern Health Board region was published. The terms of reference included a review of current and anticipated future needs, existing services and resources, identify shortcomings, and indicate any additional resources required.
We include here those sections of the report covering cleft lip and palate services. as a one document .pdf download.
Other
Children Born with Cleft Lip and Palate
- A Guide for Parents and Carers
This booklet (A5 size, 14 pages) is produced by UK CLAPA for parents of children with cleft lip, cleft palate or both cleft lip and palate. Not quite the detail of the above listed booklets, but that may be to its advantage as an introduction for new parents. In the UK it is available free of charge to affected families. To everyone else, it is priced at st£2.00. Contact CLAPA Head Office, 235-237 Finchley Road, London NW3 6LS. E-mail: info@clapa.com
SEE http://www.clapa.com/publications.php
Stop Singing. People Might Hear You: My Cleft Book
by Maria T. Burglehaus
Published by Maria T. Burglehaus, U.S.A.
(2002)
64pp.
P/B 1894255151
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A Parent’s Guide to Cleft Lip and Palate
by Karlind T. Moller and Clark D. Starr, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1990. ISBN 0816614911 130pp.
[Professor Moller is Director of the Cleft Palate Maxillofacial Clinic at the University of Minnesota, and Professor Clark is based in the Dept. of Communication Disorders, and speech pathologist, Cleft Palate Maxillofacial Clinic, University of Minnesota].
This book is designed to provide parents and other health-care givers with a “knowledgeable discussion of the nature and causes of cleft lip and palate together with information about the medical, dental, speech, hearing, and psychosocial concerns” (quote).
Chapters: 1. What is cleft lip and palate? 2. A team approach to a complex problem. 3. Closing the gap: surgical repair of clefts. 4. Feeding a child with a cleft. 5. Ear problems: why they happen and what can be done about them. 6. Clefts and the development of teeth. 7. Staying in touch: how clefts affect speech. 8. The image in the mirror: how clefts affect social and psychological development. 9. Can this happen again? The importance of genetic counselling. 10. A final word - optimism.
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