5 Ways to Easily Assess Tongue-Ties Using ONE Simple Tool
Posted by Guest Blogger Susannah Silvia, MCD, CCC-SLP on 21st Aug 2019
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
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Beefing Up Muscle Memory with the Tran-Quill Vibrating Pencil
Posted by Guest Blogger Jenn Choi on 10th Jun 2019
This fantastic guest post comes to us from Jenn Choi.
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One of the most enjoyable parts of my job is that I have the privilege of trying out new gadgets that help kids in school. We certainly have our share of academic struggles and so I was excited to try a pencil that had been on my mind for quite some time. It is basically just a pencil but the cool part is that it vibrates. Y
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Oral Motor Therapy with Someone Who Is Visually Impaired
18th Sep 2018
Question: Do you have any specific tips for doing oral motor exercises with a child who is blind or visually impaired?
Almost all of the exercises we talk about (both in the Z-Vibe book and on our blog) are tactile-based. They focus on touch, not sight. So you should be able to do almost all of the exercises.
Before each exercise, we always recommend d
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How the Z-Vibe Is Being Used In Functional Rehabilitation Performance Neurology
17th Aug 2018
Back in 2000, we originally conceived the
Z-Vibe as a speech therapy tool - a device that would provide sensory input to the mouth via vibration and tactile cues. Since then, the Z-Vibe has become more versatile than we ever imagined 18 years ago. We use it for everything from normalizing oral sensitivities to feeding therapy to writing skills and much more.
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