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- Communication Considerations for Parents of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
The earlier that deafness or hearing loss is identified, the better the chances a child will acquire language, whether spoken or signed. A hearing screening can be an important indicator of deafness or hearing loss in a child. For this reason, all infants should be screened while still in the hospital or within the first month of life. But children who do not pass their screening need to go for a follow-up examination. The follow-up examination includes precise audiological testing that...
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Captions for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Viewers
Captions are words displayed on a television screen that describe the audio or sound portion of a program. Captions allow viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing to follow the dialogue and the action of a program simultaneously. They can also provide information about who is speaking or about sound effects that may be important to understanding a news story, a political event, or the plot of a program. Captions are created from the transcript of a program. A captioner separates the dialogue...
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Researchers Report New Gene Test for Isolated Cleft Lip and Palate
Researchers report they now can predict whether some parents are more likely than others to have a second child with the “isolated” form of cleft lip and palate, one of the world’s most common birth defects, according to results of a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The research was supported in part by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National...
National Institutes of Health
Organizations
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- Cleft Palate Foundation -
- American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association - http://www.cleft.com/
- Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. - http://www.shhh.org/
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - http://www.agbell.org/
- Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons - http://www.nvrc.org/
News
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- New Genetic Mutations Found That May Cause Cleft Lip/palate
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Certain Drug Treatment Associated With Orofacial Clefts
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Spring pollen counts hard to predict
The Earth Times - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:31 EST
- New Combined Laparoscopy And Colonoscopy Procedure May Avoid Need For Major Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Schwarzenegger laments steroids in his own contest
Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:19 EST
Clinical Trials
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- Cleft Palate Surgery and Speech Development
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00004639 - Active, not recruiting
Cleft Lip; Cleft Palate
- 3D Imaging of Hard and Soft Tissue in Orthognathic Surgery
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00285714 - Recruiting
Craniofacial Abnormalities; Maxillofacial Abnormalities; Cleft Lip; Cleft Palate
- Assessing the Results of Lip Surgery in Patients With Cleft Lip and Palate
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00070811 - Active, not recruiting
Cleft Lip; Cleft Palate
- Middle Ear Pressure Disregulation in Cleft Palate Patients
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00423072 - Recruiting
Cleft Palate
- A Study to Examine the Relationship Between Sleep Apnea and Cleft Lip/Palate
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00156442 - Recruiting
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome; Cleft lip/palate

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