CASE STUDY

HANIF: CLEFT
PALATE

SUBMITTED BY:
PUNGUINAGINA, SITTIE ALYNNA M.
SUBMITTED TO:
PROF. JOEL ARAYA
 I. Introduction
A cleft palate is a split or opening in the roof of your mouth that forms during fatal

development. A cleft palate can include the hard palate ( the bony front portion of the

roof of the mouth) or the soft palate (the soft back portion of the roof of the mouth). I

conducted this study to know more, how those person who has this kind of language

disorder live their lives and how it affect their communication with the people around

them. And also, I asked for a consent to the parents of the kid if I can use his given

information for this study and they are willing to cooperate. The following below is

the given information;

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Name: Abdul Hanif M. Baragona

Age: 13 years old

Address: Brngy. Sugod, Marawi City

School: Sugod Central Elementary School

Grade Level: Grade 5

Mother’s Name: Mumbao Muntod

Father’s Name: Abul Baragona

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I conducted thia atudy through interviewing the aubject of my case study by asking

some of the possible hardship that being faced by them since I know that having

thia kind of language disorder is hard to manage and they also have to live with it
if they don’t have the money for the treatment. Here are some of our conversation

that we’ve had;

Me: Tunay ngaran nga?

(What’s your name?)

Hanif: Amnul Hangif (Abdul Hanif)

Me: Pera ka eh edad?

(How old are you?)

Hanif: Shawolo angu nlo (Sapulo agu tlo)

Me: Anda ka makababaling?

(Where do you live?)

Hanif: Shungod (Sugod)

Me: Nay ngaran eh ome ka?

(What’s your mother’s name?)

Hanif: Mumaw Munod ( Mumbaw Muntod)

As you’ve read, it is how this kid pronounce the words as he was not able to

pronounce well the words due to him being one of those person who has cleft

palate and how it affect his pronounciation of words.

 II. BODY

According to National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Cleft lip with or without cleft palate is among the most common of birth defects.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in the United

States:

 About 1 in every 1,600 babies is born with cleft lip with cleft palate.
 About 1 in every 2,800 babies is born with cleft lip without cleft palate.
 About 1 in every 1,700 babies is born with cleft palate.

In the earliest days of a baby’s development in the womb, there is normally a split
(called a cleft) between the right and left sides of the lip and the roof of the mouth
(called the palate). Sometime during the 6th to 11th week of pregnancy, this split
comes together to form the lips and mouth. If the tissue doesn’t join, it can cause a
cleft lip or a cleft palate.
The opening in a cleft lip can be a small slit or a large split that extends from the
lip into the nose. The cleft can be on one side or both sides of the lip, or in the
middle. The opening in a cleft palate may affect the front, or back, or both parts of
the palate.
Symptoms of Cleft Palate may include:
 Crooked, poorly shaped or missing teeth.
 Misalignment of teeth and jaw.
 Deformities of the upper jaw (maxilla)
 Speech problems.
 Unrepaired oronasal fistulae, which is a hole between the mouth and nose
cavity.
 Alveolar clefts, which are defects in the bone that supports the teeth.

III. CONCLUSION
Cleft Palate is what my subject’s disorder base on the way how my subject talk
and pronounce the words that is being said by him since the letter M is being
 replaced of Ng due to its disability to pronounce the letter the way it has to be
said.
Having this kind of disorder don’t make you less capable in doing something as
I’ve asked my subject on how does he feel being a person with a cleft palate
and he proudly said that “I am being thankful on how God created me. And I
should be proud of being unique from others because we have our own beauty”
that’s what he said.

References

Abdul Hanif M. Baragona

Brngy. Sugod, Marawi City

09123056484 (mother’s number)

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research