Is Oral Habit Elimination Appropriate at this Time?

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...She sucks her fingers which I know is interfering with success for her distorted sounds.
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Any Risk of Tongue Falling Back Post Release?

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...She was told by one provider that there is a risk of the tongue falling back into the airway in the case of CP. 
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Child cannot put tongue tip to spot – Republished

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I wondered if you could share your thoughts. One child in particular has been seen a number of times and simply cannot put tongue tip to spot.  
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19 months old limited sounds

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I tested a 19-month-old boy with a receptive score of 90 and expressive of 66. He is only saying mama and eye eye eye as his happy noise. He had difficulty breastfeeding due to tongue tie which was clipped.
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Parent insists on therapy despite expander interference

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Q: Good morning.  I need advice: 7 yo boy, mouth breather , interdental tongue posture at rest, speech and swallowing. I’ve seen him for the last 2 months, and despite extremely hard and narrow palate he made great progress both on lip and lingual function.  Now the upper expander is finally placed, and a lower one will
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How often and how long for therapy

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Q:  I understand we would undergo the pre proficiency exam before proceeding to the additional exercises and phases of the Myo Manual.  For example, for a new OSA patient, what will be the usual duration and intensity of myo?   Doing daily?  Two times a week?   For how long? A: Every client will have a different duration for treatment due to
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Nasality, Ankyloglossia and Articulation Protocol

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I recently assessed a seven year old girl who previously had surgery to release her tongue tie.  Her lingual range of motion appears good, (although after taking your course I’m going to do further assessment in this area).  She articulates sounds well at the single word level. The issue that is more noticeable than the articulation errors is hypernasality.  Why does her speech sound hypernasal?
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Questions regarding child’s buy-in for oral habit program

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I purchased your “unplugging the thumb” program and I tried to implement it. However, we are running into an issue with him not buying into stopping his thumb sucking. Do you have any additional tips, tricks, or ideas to help increase his motivation to stop?
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Outcome Measures to Determine Efficacy of Treatment

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Before tongue tie surgery, would you consider doing myo exercises to mobilize the tongue? Or wait to do myo after the surgery?
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Myo exercises before tongue tie surgery

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Before tongue tie surgery, would you consider doing myo exercises to mobilize the tongue? Or wait to do myo after the surgery?
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