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Ask A Therapist: Help with Breathing Issues

I need your advice for a client with Treacher Collins Syndrome. The child has had his left lip and palate repaired, his face & skull are severely deformed. We have been doing OPT for 1 year: greatest improvement is in blowing (from not able to blow to Horn #4, Bubble Bear 1 feet; he can do depressor press with 14 […]

May 23, 2018 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE BLOCKS, BUBBLE BEAR, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUTTON PULL, HORN #4, HORN BLOWINGHORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, HORN THERAPY, JAW CLOSURE TUBES, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSONTONGUE DEPRESSOR, TREACHER COLLINS

Effects of Limited or Excessive Jaw Mobility during Conversational Speech

by Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson This presentation was made at the 2015 annual ASHA Convention, Session #1080. Abstract: Practicing Speech-Language Pathologists report that many clients demonstrate limited or excessive up-and-down jaw movements during communication as compared to their typically developing peers.  The results of this retrospective study suggest that atypical jaw skills are related to deficits in speech clarity in […]

January 6, 2016 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: #ASHA15, #IAMTHEHONEYBEAR, AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, ASHA, ASHA CONVENTIONASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF THE JAW, BOTTOM JAW, BOTTOM JAW SHIFT, COMPLETE JAW PROGRAM, DYSARTHRIA, FROM THE EXPERTSHYPOTONIA, JAW BOOK, JAW CLOSURE, JAW CLOSURE TUBES, JAW DIFFERENTIATION, JAW GRADING BITE BLOCKS, JAW INSTABILITYJAW MOBILITY, JAW STABILITY, JAW WEAKNESS, MULTIPLE ARTICULATION DISORDER, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH DELAYSPEECH DISORDER, SPEECH MOTOR DELAY

Ask A Therapist: Developmental Delay & Cerebral Palsy

Hi, I have two clients that I need assistance with. The first little girl is 5 years old and has developmental delay.  She is mostly non-verbal and communicates using Makaton.  We have used various bits of TalkTools equipment, combined with speech sound work (discrimination and encouragement to imitate single sounds).  So far we have worked through […]

March 27, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA, APRAXIA KIT, APRAXIA PROGRAM, ASK A THERAPIST, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, BUBBLE THERAPY, BUBBLE TUBECEREBRAL PALSY, DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, HORN BLOWING, HORN KIT, JAW CLOSURE TUBES, LIP CLOSURE, LIP ROUNDING, LORI OVERLANDMAKATON, Oral Placement Therapy, RENEE ROY HILL, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SOUND PRODUCTIONSPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, TONGUE DEPRESSOR, TONGUE RETRACTION, VOCALIZATION, VOWEL PRODUCTIONVOWEL SOUND