For our first blog, I chose the operation smile blog to comment on. I am pursuing a degree in speech pathology, so operation smile is something I find so interesting and moving. There are so many children who are born with cleft lip and cleft palate. Depending on the severity, this can have a major impact on a child’s speech, swallowing, hearing, and their entire life as a whole. Operation smile gives children a chance to improve their daily lives and gain the essential skills they need.
The smile blog shows the importance of treatment for children. It also provides the insights as to why this surgery is so vital at an early age. The longer a child waits, the harder it may be to gain back some of these skills. This blog shows the importance of speech therapy (in order to produce the correct sounds) and treatment for these children.
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