What does it mean to have a submucous cleft palate?

SCP is not visible: In scp the soft palata muscles are split like in the cleft palate but the oral lining hides the split. Speech disfunction and ear infections are just as common as with the typical cleft palate, so muscle repositioning surgery is very helpful to restore normal speech and eustachian tube function.

See below: A cleft palate is a defect in the roof of the mouth that you are born with. The muscles and the overlying skin don't come together during development. In submucous cleft palates, the muscles are not joined, but the overlying skin is, so you don't see a defect. This condition can be associated with speech problems so it should be evaluated by an experience cleft palate team.