21. A cleft lip and / or cleft palate may affect the behavior of preschoolers. 22. TBX22 mutations in two families predicted to have X linked cleft palate and ankyloglossia. 23. Hearing impairment is particularly prevalent in children with cleft palate . 24. Ganga has a cleft palate and will likely have it corrected at some stage. 25. Cleft palates and lips are generally treatable by plastic surgeons.26. Some of the congenital malformations ( cleft palate ) can be corrected with surgery. 27. Surgeries range from correcting cleft palates , crossed eyes or cataracts to full facial reconstructions. 28. Children with a cleft palate are also prone to ear infections and occasionally swallowing difficulties. 29. Mutations in TBX22 cause X-linked cleft palate and ankyloglossia. 30. He established Tufts University Cleft Palate Institute and served its director from 1953 to 1960.
