Tag: JAW STABILITY

Understanding Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) Home › General › Understanding Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) General Understanding Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) A comprehensive guide to improving speech clarity, feeding skills, and oral motor function through targeted tactile-proprioceptive techniques, designed for families, clinicians, and educators. TT TalkTools Editorial Team Clinical Education February 4, 2026 7 min read […]

Oral Habits: Why They Exist and How to Eliminate Them Home › General › Oral Habits: Why They Exist and How to Eliminate Them General Oral Habits: Why They Exist and How to Eliminate Them Thumb sucking, jaw clenching, teeth grinding, and prolonged pacifier use are among the most common challenges for families and clinicians. […]

Bite Tubes 101: TalkTools Bite Tubes for Jaw Stability Home › General › Bite Tubes 101 General Bite Tubes 101: How TalkTools Bite Tubes Support Jaw Stability, Safer Chewing, and Speech Clarity If you work with clients who chew on their tongue or clothing, show open-mouth posture, or fatigue during chewing — TalkTools Bite Tubes […]

Clear speech isn’t learned by listening alone—it’s learned by feeling accurate movements. That’s why many clinicians use speech therapy tools for speech clarity to give kids precise, repeatable tactile cues for tongue, lip, and jaw placement. When children can feel the target, they build motor memory that turns accurate practice into confident speech. (ASHA overview […]

Answer: The difference between bite blocks and bite tubes is that bite blocks target isometric jaw stability at set jaw positions (often 2–7), while bite tubes target dynamic jaw grading (smooth open/close control) used for chewing/mastication and speech co-articulation. Many clinicians assess with both and choose based on signs like open-mouth posture, limited grading, sliding, […]

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3 years ago I was seeing a little boy named Kamdyn who had just turned 2 a couple months prior, through our state’s early intervention program. I was presented with some general background info such as scores, goals of the family, and his limited verbal productions. Also, he had 18 documented ear infections! All signs […]

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 […]

Who is ready to hear a therapy success story? Terrance was 26 months old when Vanessa first met him and was unable to drink from a straw. What Vanessa did with this little boy is amazing and truly inspiring. We are so glad TalkTools® was able to provide her with the tools and techniques she […]

Hi Therapists, What do I do for a 19 year old student with a severe underbite (a gap of ½ inch between top and bottom teeth) when trying to use the jaw stability protocol? Thank you. When you are working on the Bite Blocks for jaw stability and the Bite Tube hierarchy, you will want to make sure […]