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Question:  Can the bite blocks on the back of the animal tips be used to practice vowels?  I usually use the bite blocks on the back of the Animal Tips as a jaw grading exercise for feeding purposes (for individuals to practice gauging how far to open the mouth for food).  But they can certainly be used to work on jaw grading for vowel sounds too.  Assuming you are an SL …

Question:  My son hasn’t officially been diagnosed yet, but his doctor thinks he has Apraxia.  I'm not really getting a lot of guidance on tools to help my son so I'm trying to do some research on my own.  Can your products help with Apraxia? I know all about doing my own research!  It's good that you're looking in to this.  Yes, our products can help with cert …

Question:  I have some of your products (Z-Vibe, Baby Grabber, Baby Guitar, Bear cup) but my son seems to be having a hard time accepting them.  He’s just now finally accepting the bear here and there, but he doesn’t really want to have anything to do with the chew tools or Z-Vibe.  I've read in some of your literature that dipping them in sticky foo …

ARK’s Probe was the very first product my husband and I created together.  18 years later, it’s still one of our favorite products to make! . . I use it to provide tactile cues to the articulators - to physically show someone where the tongue should go for this sound, that sound, etc.  For example, you can touch it to the alveolar ridge (just behind the upper front …