Tagged with:Research

  • Research Opportunity: Parents Experiences of Decision-Making About Orthognathic Surgery

    25 Jun 2020

    A researcher with the University of East Anglia is hoping to interview parents of those who have undergone orthognatic surgery, also called 'jaw surgery' or an 'osteotomy'. This is to learn more about how parents experience the decision-making process around this surgery, with the hopes that it will feed into the NHS treatment pathway.

  • Research Summary: Emotional Wellbeing in Adults Born with a Cleft

    3 May 2020

    CLAPA's 'Whole of Life' survey in 2018 asked adults born with a cleft from all over the UK about their experiences, including their emotional wellbeing. This paper looks at the results of this survey in detail and considers what they might mean for the future of our community.

  • Research Opportunity: People with Nasal Speech

    18 Mar 2020

    A Speech and Language Therapist with Salisbury Cleft Team is helping to produce and evaluate a device called a 'nasal obturator' which is designed to help people with nasal speech.

  • Research Summary: Visible Difference and Equality Law

    14 Oct 2019

    Earlier this year, researcher Hannah Saunders interviewed a number of adults with a visible difference about their experiences in the workplace to learn more about if law does enough to promote the equality of people with a visible difference. Here, she presents a summary of her findings.

  • CLAPA Presents at European Cleft Conference in Utrecht

    13 Aug 2019

    Adult Services Coordinator Kenny Ardouin reports back on his time in Utrecht talking about CLAPA's Adult Services Project and learning from others who'd travelled from all around the world.

  • The Psychosocial Impact of Cleft on Grandparents

    3 Jun 2019

    The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and potential support needs of grandparents of children born with CL/P to inform future service provision.

  • Research Advert (Yorkshire and the Humber): Exploring young adults’ experiences of growing up with a facial difference

    8 Apr 2019

    Are you a young person aged between 18 –25? Do you identify as having a facial difference? Do you have a story to tell about your experiences of growing up? This could be the research project for you.

  • A Day at the Cleft Collective

    4 Apr 2019

    On Saturday 23rd March, The Cleft Collective welcomed CLAPA’s Cleft Collective Patient Consultation Group to Bristol for a day of presentations and discussions around the next phase of this exciting initiative.

  • Adults’ Project Roadshow Report

    13 Feb 2019

    CLAPA ran 12 focus groups around the UK where adults born with a cleft shared their experiences, uncertainties and hopes for cleft treatment and support. Learn about what came up and what we plan to do next.

  • [CLOSED] PARTICIPANTS WANTED: Have your say on workplace equality

    31 Jan 2019

    Heather Saunders, FHEA, is looking to speak to people born with a cleft about your experiences (possitive or negative) in the workplace. You don’t need to know anything about the law to take part, though taking part can help investigate whether the current law goes far enough to promote equality for people with a visible difference. You don’t need to know anything about the law to take part, though taking part can help investigate whether the current law goes far enough to promote equality for people with a visible difference.