Myo patient chronically lip licking and can’t pucker
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
He substitutes lingua alveolar sounds for these three (s/f, z/v, l/w). I worked with him for 45 minutes and during the entire session, he chronically licked his lips.
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Does a maxillary torus inhibit therapy?
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
There are some tori that are large enough and situated within the arch in such a way that they certainly would be expected to inhibit suctioning and correct lingual placement.
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How Many Disks to use with Elevator Disk Exercise?
Wednesday, 04 August 2010
The Elevator Disk exercise was specifically developed to be used at the end of Phase One in most cases with the purpose of coordinating the earlier learned movements, excursions, and dissociation of tongue, lips, and mandible.
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