By Pam Marshalla
Q: I have a five-year-old child with cerebral palsy, developmental delay, severe apraxic and dysarthria. Jaw control is limited, she drools, and the tongue retracts when feeding. I am told by her speech reports she needs oral motor work 3 times to 5 times a day. Might you have any suggestions on what I could do? She is in school speech three times per week for 30-minutes and she does see a PROMPT therapist. My experience has taught me that…
By Pam Marshalla
Q: How does a “tongue tie” interfere with speech development? In my experience, a “tongue tie” (a restricting lingua frenulum) can influence speech in certain ways depending upon the severity of tip restriction. The more the restriction, the more the influence on tongue tip movement. The restricting lingua frenulum can bring about an inability to elevate the tongue-tip to the alveolus. As such the English lingua-alveolar phonemes /t/, /d/, /n/ and /l/ must be produced with elevation of the tongue…
