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Oral Motor Exercises with the Z-Vibe(Post)
What is oral motor therapy? Oral motor therapy works on the oral skills necessary for proper speech and feeding development. For example, try saying "la la la" right now, paying attention to wh ...
Z-Vibe® Benefits, Background, & FAQs(Post)Why Does the Z-Vibe Work? Most of us are either visual or auditory learners. But when these two senses are not enough, you may need to physically direct the articulators for certain speech and feedin ...
Tongue Tip Elevation Exercises(Post)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 spo ...
Is Vibration Necessary for Oral Motor Therapy?(Post)Question: Could you please tell me what purpose vibration serves when working on oral motor tasks, as well as whether or not it is a required element for children to make oral motor gains?Gr ...
Oral Sensory Exercises for Toddlers & Young Children(Post)Question: I ordered a Z-Vibe starter kit. Are there any videos on how to use the different tools? Specifically I have a young client in mind, she is 10 months old. . . Gr ...
Which Products Are Recommended for Drooling?(Post)Question: I have a daughter (24 months old) who has low tone in her face, open mouth posture, and drools all the time. We are wanting to find a feeding therapist soon but also w ...
5 Ways to Easily Assess Tongue-Ties Using ONE Simple Tool(Post)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 ...
Oral Motor Therapy with Someone Who Is Visually Impaired(Post)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 ...
Lip Closure & Rounding Exercises(Post)Lip closure (also known as lip seal) is the ability to close one's lips around a spoon, straw, cup, etc. It's also important in order to say certain speech sounds, such as /p/b/m/, and ...
Which Products Are Recommended for Apraxia?(Post)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 d ...
4 Oral Motor Tool Sets That Grow With You(Post)Spring is a season of growth, renewal, and fresh beginnings, making it the perfect time to focus on tools that support steady progress in myofunctional therapy. As a myofunctional therapist, I am alw ...
10 Tips to Accepting Different Food Textures(Post)1. Change the individual's toothpaste. It can be a change in flavor or a change in brand. A different brand may have a different texture, one that is perhaps a little more gritty ...