Our Philanthropy
The largest cleft-focused organization
What is Smile Train
Necessary daily activity that is disrupted due to Cleft lip or Cleft palate.
What is eating, and breathing
Main treatment of a child with Cleft Palate/Lip
What is surgery
Famous male actor who starred in The Titanic and The Great Gabsy was born with a cleft lip and palate.
Who is Leonardo DiCaprio
What is more common, Cleft lip, cleft palate, or both?
What is Cleft lip and palate
What is the primary mission of our philanthropy?
What is providing free cleft lip and palate surgeries to children in need around the world?
CL or CP reduces the infants ability to do this
What is suckling; making bottle feeding and breast feeding difficult
Name three health care fields involved in correction
What is child life, pediatrics, plastic surgery, orthodontics, otolaryngology, speech language pathology, audiology, nursing and social work
American football quarterback who currently plays for the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL
Who is Peyton Manning
How many cleft lip and palate surgeries has Smile Train performed globally?
Over one million cleft lip and palate surgeries globally.
Children with cleft palate may require ongoing therapy to improve their speech. What is the term for the type of speech therapy commonly used in their treatment?
What is "palatal speech therapy" or "cleft palate speech therapy"?
Even with good anatomic closure most children with CL/P have some degree of
What is speech impairment
a film actor, musician, and occasional rapper who starred in the movie, "Walk the Line" and was the lead in the 2019 "Joker"
Who is Joaquin Rafael Phoenix
What is the difference between cleft palate and cleft lip?
Cleft lip is a birth defect in which a baby's upper lip doesn't form completely and has an opening in it.
Cleft palate is a birth defect in which a baby's palate (roof of the mouth) doesn't form completely and has an opening in it.
What can you do to support our philanthropy?
Go to Bonfire and buy our NSSLHA apparel! The money we make from our apparel goes to Smile Train.
What type of therapy is commonly used to help children with cleft palate improve their speech and language skills?
What is speech therapy
Name one long term problem children experience
What is problems with emotional and social adjustment, problems with self image, abnormal speech which impedes social expression
Female singing group who had a member with an oral cleft
Who is the pussycat dolls (Carmit Bachar)
Since 1999, over how many cleft surgeries has our philanthropy supported
What is over 1.5 million surgeries
Surgery to repair a cleft palate is recommended within the first how many months of life?
What is before 18 months (CDC)
What percentage of clefts involve both the palate and lip?
What is about 50 percent of children with clefts have clefts that involve the lip and palate.
Ancient Egypt's best known pharaoh was born with a clubfoot, a cleft palate and a severe bone disease.
Who is King Tutankhamen
Does a cleft palate have anything to do with lisps? Yes or No.
No. Lisps are usually caused by incorrect learning and not due to structural problems like cleft palate. Consequently, treatment of lisps is best accomplished by speech therapy.