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My sister, now 30, was born with cleft palate and lip. She had about 3 surgeries when she was younger and always talked a bit "nasal" when we were kids. She was difficult for others to understand, but not for family members. Her nose was also a little flat. She also had multiple ear infections and tubes in her ears, and her ears looked smaller than normal. She's still hard of hearing to this day, and was prescribed hearing aids that she never wears. But she's a beautiful woman with 3 children of her own and no longer talks with that nasal sound. When she wears lipstick, which she does religiously, you can't see the slight scar on her lip. Males hide it with a mustache later. Speech therapy was a must for her growing up. She also had some dental problems with her front teeth that were straightened out with braces. My sister also had the coolest way of squirting the food she had just eaten out her nose. We all tried to do it, too, but couldn't. After palate surgery, she couldn't do it anymore. They say this isn't hereditary, but her oldest child was born with a cleft palate (not lip).
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