When to begin artic within Myo Program?
Saturday, 15 June 2019
When to begin artic within Myo Program? I need your advice about a patient who is scheduled for an evaluation next week. She is a 25 year old lady who referred herself for speech therapy because of her /sh/, /ch/ and related sounds are distorted. How does this fit into my myo program? I know
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Who is truly Qualified in Orofacial Myology???
Saturday, 25 May 2019
Q: I hope you are doing well. Within another Facebook group, it was brought to my attention that other types of clinicians (mainly SLPs) who haven’t had Sandra’s(Neo-Health Service’s) training are purchasing Myo Manuals, calling themselves orofacial myologists and just taking children through all of the exercises in the manual. One example was of an
Soft Sockie to Unplug the Thumb!
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
5 1/2 Year Old Who Sucks His Thumb
Monday, 22 April 2019
Hi, I’m a speech pathologist with a 5 and a half year old son who sucks his thumb. I never learned how to approach this problem in school unfortunately. I tried a lot of different ideas I heard about but nothing has been effective. I wonder if I started when he was too young. I
Terrible progress with /s/
Monday, 01 April 2019
Q: Hi all! I am a SLP working with a 5 year old little boy with all the classic OM issues. Tongue-tie, cross bite, narrow palate, abnormal swallow pattern, poor lingual resting posture, etc. Parents followed through with lingual frenectomy via laser and he completed pre and post frenectomy exercises. I am currently working on
Philtrum Length
Friday, 22 March 2019
Q: Hello Dr. Mason, I have a question about philtrum growth and measurement. 15 mm is what we look for, but does this change with age and as the face grows? Thank you for your wisdom!! A: Thanks for your question. First, a few facts as background information: the maxilla has almost completed its growth
Question regarding treatment for 14 year old twin boys
Thursday, 15 November 2018
Hello Sandra, I have a question regarding treatment. I am working with 14 year old twin boys and have almost completed phase I. In our initial assessment they had a normal bolus collection and swallow. Do I still work through phase 2? The issues that they had were open mouth posture and some mouth breathing.
When more INFO is needed
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
I started working with a client who has: an anterior and posterior crossbite, an everted lip, jaw sliding when talking and high narrow palate. I now know to take her through phase I, II and III. But the one thing I am not sure what to do with is that I could not see her