Posts Tagged ‘saliva’

12 years old noisy resistant /S/

Posted by Administrator | Filed under Parents, Therapists | May 5, 2010 | Tags: adenoids, articulation or placement errors, bolus control, narrow palate, saliva, sounds interdentally, tongue thrust, tonsils | 1 Comment

I have a question for you about a new student I am working with. He is a 12 year old boy, who was referred for a tongue thrust. He produced most /s, z/ sounds interdentally. He has made significant progress with his placement from working with a previous therapist. However, he continues to have a ...Read more.

Question about tongue exercises

Posted by Administrator | Filed under Dental Hygienist, Parents, Therapists | Mar 13, 2010 | Tags: appropriate /s/ sound, bowl, central incisors, finger sucking, lateral borders of the tongue, lip meter, lip strengthening, lip weakness, mouth open, saliva, swallow, tongue exercises | No Comments

I am using your manual with my clients and have run in to a few other questions if you have time. I have a student who successfully eliminated his finger sucking and guitar pick sucking habit recently and has made very nice progress with phase 1. I wanted to understand the purpose of the ‘EEEE’ ...Read more.