Re: [phono-tx] oral motor effectiveness?

Dr Flipsen, can you attach the studies to which you referred: "limited and mixed evidence that they help for non-speech functions like chewing or swallowing".

Thanks!

Lois

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> To be direct, the research is not mixed. There no credible evidence that oral motor exercises work for speech. There is limited and mixed evidence that they help for non-speech functions like chewing or swallowing.
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> Peter Flipsen

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