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It may appear by itself or along with other birth defects of the face and skull, such as a cleft lip. Cleft palate and cleft lip are the most common birth defects of the head and neck. Until a cleft palate is treated with surgery, it can cause problems with feeding, speech, and hearing.
Occurrence estimates range between 1/300 and 1/2500 births for cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CLP) and around 1/1500 births for cleft palate alone (CP) (1). It has been reported that CLP occurs more frequently in males, while the sex bias is reversed for CP, which is more common in females (2).