SPEAKERS: Dr. Triona Sweeney, Ireland; and Dr. Alice Lee, Ireland

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: This is the first talk of our webinar series of 3 which will give an overview on facial development, the different types of clefts and incidence, and the general management of cleft palate; followed by a discussion of speech, resonance, velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) and voice problems associated with cleft palate and the possible causes, potential developmental speech errors and the impact of hearing on speech in this clinical group.