Therapy for a group of tongue thrust swallowers and their mothers

A brief description of tongue thrusting and associated problems is given. The therapy programme for a group of tongue thrusting children and their mothers is described. Traditional swallow retraining was used with the group of children in conjunction with exercises for strengthening and increasing o...

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Main Author:	Nigel Bligh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	AOSIS 1972-12-01
Series:	South African Journal of Communication Disorders
Online Access:	https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/415

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spelling	doaj-b2c8002e14004297a0c240fce2fef3a52020-11-25T00:09:55ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Communication Disorders0379-80462225-47651972-12-0119110.4102/sajcd.v19i1.415317Therapy for a group of tongue thrust swallowers and their mothersNigel Bligh0Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the WitwatersrandA brief description of tongue thrusting and associated problems is given. The therapy programme for a group of tongue thrusting children and their mothers is described. Traditional swallow retraining was used with the group of children in conjunction with exercises for strengthening and increasing oro-sensory awareness of tongue and lips. A therapist guided the mothers' discussions while they observed therapy. Results indicated that therapy was successful. The conclusions suggest further avenues of research.https://sajcd.org.za/index.php/sajcd/article/view/415
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title_short	Therapy for a group of tongue thrust swallowers and their mothers
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description	A brief description of tongue thrusting and associated problems is given. The therapy programme for a group of tongue thrusting children and their mothers is described. Traditional swallow retraining was used with the group of children in conjunction with exercises for strengthening and increasing oro-sensory awareness of tongue and lips. A therapist guided the mothers' discussions while they observed therapy. Results indicated that therapy was successful. The conclusions suggest further avenues of research.
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Therapy for a group of tongue thrust swallowers and their mothers

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