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Of these, 59.9% (n = 278) were male and 40.1% (n = 186) were female.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of the sample population, 6.9% (n = 32) were AAC users as they received AAC intervention in a therapeutic context, while 93.1% (n = 432) were not. The AAC group had a mean age of 5.1 years (standard deviation [SD]: 4.2) and was 68.8% (n = 22) male. The non-AAC group had a mean age of 6.3 (SD: 4.9) and was 59.3% (n = 256) male. Within the AAC group, 40.6% (n = 13) were found to have an identified syndromic diagnosis in comparison to 17.6% (n = 76) of the non-AAC group (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = .003).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This is the first study to report the prevalence of AAC use among patients in the care of multidisciplinary cleft and craniofacial teams. Our findings suggest that a subset of craniofacial team patients may have complex communication disorders that require AAC supports. 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