Improve Your Singing with the Z-Vibe
27th Sep 2017
We love when people come up with new applications and ways to use our products! We created the
Z-Vibe specifically for speech / oral motor / feeding therapy uses, but were very excited to discover that it can be used to improve singing skills as well.
Check out the video below from
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When Kids Think Feeding Utensils Are Food
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 13th Apr 2017
Question: I work with a child who has Down Syndrome. She is 16 months old. She presents with open mouth posture and tongue thrusting not during feeding. Mom purchased a Z-vibe and I saw your article on using the Z-vibe to promote lip closure. Only problem is....anytime we go near her mouth she thinks the item is food and tries to open her mouth and touch her tongue with it. She does not yet u
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Feeding Problems - When It's Psychological
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 27th Mar 2017
Question: I've read your Food Refusal article, that feeding problems are usually related to oral motor or sensory problems. But can it be psychological? I’ve searched the internet and can find very little practical advice about addressing the fear of solid foods for an infant/toddler. Our son (3 and 1/2 now) is still eating pureed food and we’ve done everyth
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Tongue Tip Elevation Exercises
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 26th Jun 2016
Tongue tip elevation is the ability to lift the tip of one's tongue up to the alveolar ridge (the spot just behind the upper front teeth). As a shorthand, we often call this location "on spot," as in, "get your tongue tip on spot!"
Tongue tip elevation is an oral motor skill necessary to say certain speech sounds (t, d, n, l, s, and z). It's also where the tongue should rest
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