Approximately 5% of children experience difficulty with the complex coordination of sucking,
swallowing and breathing required for feeding. Infants with craniofacial malformations may …

Feeding abilities in all children gain prompt attention and demand vigilance from parents
immediately after birth. Whether receiving a prenatal diagnosis of a craniofacial anomaly by …

The baby with a cleft lip, palate, and/or micrognathia presents a feeding challenge for both
parents and health professionals. These oral-facial anomalies may disaipt the feeding …

Problems with oral feeding occur in varying degrees in infants born with cleft lip/palate
and/or craniofacial syndromes. The extent of clefting is associated with the severity of …

The problems with feeding and swallowing that occur as a result of clefts and craniofacial
anomalies range in severity. The extent of clefting, as well as other structural, airway, and …

Feeding in the cleft lip and palate setting is a major and continued challenge that parents,
nurses and surgeon's encounter. Feeding is an important time in the neonate's life when the …

Infants with craniofacial malformations (CFMs) are at increased risk of various clinical
problems, including respiratory and feeding disorders, the result of which may be long …

Objective Various devices and techniques have been proposed to reduce feeding difficulties
experienced by infants with cleft palate. The aim of this review is to identify and assess the …

Infants with cleft and craniofacial anomalies may have feeding difficulties related to structural
anomalies but also due to some physiologic dysfunction Pierre Robin Sequence and in …

Standard pediatric texts accord scant attention to feeding problems in infants with cleft
palate, dismissing them as mild and easily managed. Quite a different impression, however …