Myofunctional Therapy

Have you ever felt like nothing will help your child's lisp? Have you spent years in traditional speech therapy with minimal progress? Does your child have trouble sleeping? Maintaining attention? Eating? Breathing? If your child is experiencing any of these symptoms, he or she may be a candidate for orofacial myofunctional therapy.
These issues, and more, may be due to your child having an orofacial myofunctional disorder. When a child does not use their oral structures correctly (tongue, palate, jaw, teeth), these structures actually change form and become very inefficient. This can affect your child's speech, breathing, and swallowing abilities. Orofacial myofunctional therapy aims in treating the problem (open mouth posture, forward tongue position, open bite) in order to resolve symptoms (lisps and poor articulation, eating difficulties, poor sleep and attention). Orofacial myofunctional disorders can impact many things, including facial skeletal growth and development, chewing, swallowing, speech, mouth closure, bite, temporomandibular joint movement, oral hygiene, stability of orthodontic treatment, facial esthetics, and more.
Orofacial myofunctional therapy uses exercises to improve function and structure of the face and mouth. At ChatterBox Teletherapy, we provide comprehensive orofacial myofunctional evaluations to determine if this treatment is appropriate for your child. This includes gathering pertinent medical history from parents and other medical professionals, completing a functional and structural exam, and observing behavioral patterns. Based on the information gathered, our myofunctional therapists form a treatment plan made up of individualized exercises that will lead to better overall quality of life.
Call 631-319-9518 for your free consultation to see if your child can benefit from our orofacial myofunctional therapy!
These issues, and more, may be due to your child having an orofacial myofunctional disorder. When a child does not use their oral structures correctly (tongue, palate, jaw, teeth), these structures actually change form and become very inefficient. This can affect your child's speech, breathing, and swallowing abilities. Orofacial myofunctional therapy aims in treating the problem (open mouth posture, forward tongue position, open bite) in order to resolve symptoms (lisps and poor articulation, eating difficulties, poor sleep and attention). Orofacial myofunctional disorders can impact many things, including facial skeletal growth and development, chewing, swallowing, speech, mouth closure, bite, temporomandibular joint movement, oral hygiene, stability of orthodontic treatment, facial esthetics, and more.
Orofacial myofunctional therapy uses exercises to improve function and structure of the face and mouth. At ChatterBox Teletherapy, we provide comprehensive orofacial myofunctional evaluations to determine if this treatment is appropriate for your child. This includes gathering pertinent medical history from parents and other medical professionals, completing a functional and structural exam, and observing behavioral patterns. Based on the information gathered, our myofunctional therapists form a treatment plan made up of individualized exercises that will lead to better overall quality of life.
Call 631-319-9518 for your free consultation to see if your child can benefit from our orofacial myofunctional therapy!
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