Cochlear implants give children with profound hearing loss a much better chance to learn spoken language. However, the sounds ...

Researchers developed a new device that ameliorates the characteristic vocal and motor tics of Tourette syndrome. By biting down on the simple, removable oral splint, both adults and children with ...

The process of swallowing (Figure 1) includes the conscious effort to ingest food and the largely subconscious (reflex) efforts of preparing the bolus to be swallowed (preparatory phase), transferring ...

Apraxia of Speech is a form of oral motor speech disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate conscious speech plans into motor plans. A person may therefore be aware of the words they ...

Early oral motor intervention (OMI) techniques in premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) helped them feed better, significantly shortened their NICU stay and lowered costs, and ...