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If you don't mind my asking, what sort of birth defect? I ask because I was born with a cleft lip (possibly palate? unsure tbh) which was treated quickly after I was born, but I've got the "dad cough" and I apparently snore like a lawnmower. "Moderately clogged all the time" sounds familiar enough for me to wonder if I should get my nose looked at.
Yeah, I also had some kind of cleft lip (not palate AFAIK) and my nose is visibly crooked, a bit like a boxer's nose. It also had malformed airways inside so that I basically couldn't breath through the nose at all at birth. As I was told by my parents, both were fixed in one surgery, but some difficulties remained. For example, I can't play most wind instruments that require one to shape the lip a certain way (which actually was good for me, since it meant that instead of having to play trumpet I got the saxophone when I joined a big band as a kid). I also can't speak a regular "r", just the rolling "r", etc.
I'll probably get it re-checked as the other posters recommended. It's likely that everything that could be done has been done, but it's been 30 years so there's also a good chance that there's some new possibilities.
You should do as well imo. Checking costs nothing (or at least, comparatively little) and lip/mouth birth defects are often associated with nose birth defects AFAIK.
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