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This helpful guest blog post is courtesy of Susannah Silvia, MCD, CCC-SLP. The term tongue-tie has been thrown around a lot lately in homes and in therapy clinics.  With all the different names, effects, and treatments, speech-language pathologists and parents are often left confused in their own role of diagnosing. . Tongue-tie, or ankyloglossia to the medical field, is not a newly di …

A little ARK Trivia: How did we come up with the name for the  Z-Vibe?  Is it: A.  Because Debbie’s maiden name starts with Z B.  Because the Z-Vibe does everything from A to Z C.  Because it goes Zzzzzzzz D.  All of the above  . . The answer is C, that's how we came up with the name :) But, it also happens that B is true, too. You can use the Z-Vibe …

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 …