Smoking during pregnancy increases risk of cleft palate
...lip and palate impede the ability to breathe, eat, hear and speak. Correcting the defects involves many successive operations and years of therapy, but can still leave behind scars, speech impediments and emotional detriment. Just as public health messages about the risks of drinking alcohol during preg......lves felt their voice was unchanged. But you don't hear your own voice as others do. Friends and relatives thought that surgery had significantly improved the subjects' voices. A similar effect was seen in patients having surgery to treat sinus and tonsil problems....