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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Orthodontist Expectations From Myofunctional Therapy

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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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How many visits are needed for oral habits?

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I ordered the Unplugging the Thumb and Growing the Nails kits. I'm wondering how many visits you see patients for with each?
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Thumb sucking and vacation  

I have a question about thumb sucking and vacation.
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A private office for an RDH

I am interested in speaking with others or finding out how to start up a private office for an RDH. 
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Low tone – Can myo help?

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I have an 8 year old kiddo with low tone and very low awareness of sensory states. His mom reported he occasionally wets his pants because he doesn't recognize he has to go, or forgets to eat or drink.
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5 year-old sucks fingers

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Q:  I am about to begin Unplugging the Thumb sucking elimination program with a 5-year-old boy who sucks his fingers and very much wants to quit. He actually sucks the index and middle one. When I first started working with him on articulation last year, I offered to help with the sucking habit (I work
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Two year old mouth open retrognathic mandible

I came into virtual contact with a two-year-old patient not too long ago. Some questions arose due to his breathing. This patient has no tongue tie or lip tie. He uses a sippy cup to drink. His mouth remains open for extended periods of time when relaxed.
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Scary appliances vs orthodontic systems

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Can you elaborate a bit more on the dental appliances? I know nothing about them but you've talked first about devices dentists use such as VIVOS, ALF etc and then showed us some really scary ones.
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