Cleft palate and speech

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Asked for Female, 4 Years

My daughter was diagnosed with soft cleft palate and undergone surgery at age of 9 month in October 2017. Cleft palate is healed but I observed now little mass in oral cavity and also she has not clear speech still. Need to consult paediatric surgeon pls suggest

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Dr. Susanta Kumar Saha

Pediatrician 11 yrs exp Guwahati

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Consult a pediatric surgeon n start speech therapy

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Dr. S. T. Pushpam Pediatrician 16 yrs exp Bangalore · Accepted Answer

Dr. S. T. Pushpam

Pediatrician 16 yrs exp Bangalore

Hi, You have to consult Paed. Surgeon for the mass. Did you get a hearing test done for your baby

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Needs a speech therapy if hearing is normal.