Teacher - Orofacial Myology

Nasality, Ankyloglossia and Articulation Protocol

Friday, 01 December 2023 by Administrator

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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

Wednesday, 15 November 2023 by Administrator

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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

Wednesday, 01 November 2023 by Administrator

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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

Monday, 23 October 2023 by Administrator

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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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Orthodontist Expectations From Myofunctional Therapy

Friday, 15 September 2023 by Administrator

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I am working with an eleven-year-old boy, about to finish with braces. The orthodontist did not see the changes as expected and wanted to know if a habit is interfering with his progress.

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Should Speech Therapy be Stopped During Orthodontics?

Friday, 01 September 2023 by Administrator

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I have a question about a 7 years 7 months child who is about to be fitted with headgear, palate expanders, etc., due to a crossbite and underbite.

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Should S and TH be Taught at the Same Time?

Tuesday, 15 August 2023 by Administrator

...the causes of TH errors are among the sound errors that are rarely related to myo

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How to Tell Current Patients We Are Instituting Something New

Tuesday, 01 August 2023 by Administrator

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How do I tell my patients and parents that we are now instituting something new and different from what we have been doing in articulation treatment up to this point?