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Ÿ Nurse: Guides the parent from birth to the end of the
program of care. Helps parent to deal with early feeding
and other problems along with providing emotional
support to the family. Feeding is followed closely with
phone calls and visits until the weight gain is steady and
feeding is comfortable. Also provides general
information to the parents regarding surgical
procedure, hospitalization, admission procedure, and
postoperative care following surgery.
Ÿ Speech-Language Pathologist: Provides guidance and
strategies to the caregiver to improve feeding and
speech language skills.

Ÿ Social worker- Provides guidance and counselling for
family in dealing with the social and emotional aspects
of a cleft abnormality and assists the family with
community resources and referrals (i.e., support
groups).

Facilities available for children with

cleft lip and/or palate at
All India Institute of Speech and

Hearing (AIISH)?

Ÿ Unit for structural and orofacial anomalies (USOFA) at
AIISH facilitates children and adults with cleft lip and
palate and other craniofacial anomalies.

Ÿ Unit provides consultation of multi-disciplinary team
members of Plastic surgeon/Maxillofacial surgeon,
Prosthodontist, Orthodontist, ENT specialist,
Audiologist, Speech language pathologists, Social
worker and Psychologists, in assessment and
rehabilitation of clients with structural orofacial
anomalies.

Ÿ The guidance for feeding related problems and
strategies for improving speech and language skills is
provided including the recommendation of suitable
feeding apparatus.