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Care unit of patients with craniofacial fissures and anomalies. Speech Therapy Clinic FLA-UV

Type: Installation/Unit
Description

The care unit of patients with craniofacial fissures and anomalies was created in response to the need for a specialised multidisciplinary referral unit to care for families with children with structural and functional anomalies: children with llavi-palatal fissures and craniofacial syndromes (22q11. 2, Crouzon, Pfeiffer, Treacher Collins, etc.), from birth to adulthood.

The objectives of this unit, in addition to professional support to families, are to develop actions related to the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, rehabilitation and research of disorders of vision, speech, resonance and feeding in people with fractures and other craniofacial anomalie.