There may be articulation problems or incorrect speech patterns observed with a patient who has an Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder.\u00a0 For example when a patient demonstrates a tongue thrust, a frontal or lateral lisp may be produced due to the incorrect position of the tongue in the mouth.\u00a0 Specific sounds can become misarticulated or distorted such as as \/s\/, \/z\/, \/sh\/, \/ch\/, \/j\/, \/t\/, \/d\/, \/l\/, and \/r\/.\u00a0
When a patient demonstrates\u00a0incorrect tongue and lip resting postures,\u00a0therapy to correct\u00a0articulation problems may be\u00a0warranted.\u00a0 Research\u00a0has found an 81% prevalence rate of Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders in children who exhibit articulation problems, compared to a prevalence rate of 38% in the general population\u00a0(source: IAOM).\u00a0\u00a0
As a\u00a0Licensed Speech and Language Pathologist, I can address any\u00a0articulation problems that may coincide with the presenting Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There may be articulation problems or incorrect speech patterns observed with a patient who has an Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder.\u00a0 For example when a patient demonstrates a tongue thrust, a frontal or lateral lisp may be produced due to the incorrect position of the tongue in the mouth.\u00a0 Specific sounds can become misarticulated or distorted such … Continue reading “What About Articulation Problems?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaDvrU-o","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myologyworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myologyworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myologyworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myologyworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myologyworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/myologyworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"https:\/\/myologyworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myologyworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}