Speechie at DMU

Hello there, Happy Easter! Thank you for stopping by. This is a post created from,  slightly edited,  collated tweets I posted on my twitter ( SpeechieAtDMU ) last July, when I was lucky enough to go on a home visit with a cleft palate nurse!                                                                                                 July 27th 2017 - I have an amazing opportunity to shadow a cleft palate nurse & specialist SLT! The nurse does on-call work with newborn baby. I am so lucky to have opportunities independent of uni, I'm so excited. Working with newborns, infants and their families is such a dream for me. August 3th 2017 -  I am having a bit of a refresh of cleft lip and palate physiology, incidence & care pathways ready for tomorrow. 1 in 700 babies are born with cleft lip/palate! August 4th 2017 - I am up bright & early this morning; j u st got confirmation from the on-call cleft nurse for our schedule this morning - so we're o