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International Journal of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy, Volume 5, Issue 4
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Ever since the program, SWALLOW RIGHT (1), was first published by the Huntsville Rehabilitation Center in 1973, I have been known as “the lady who does tongue thrust therapy with little children” [...]
One day toward the end of a speech-therapy session back in Borger, Texas, in the early sixties, a sixth-grade cleft-palate student dug deeply into his pocket and pulled out a tightly rolled, rather dirty wad of paper [...]
The possibility of inadvertent reinforcement of undesirable behaviors during oral myofunctional therapy is examined. It is suggested that inappropriate use of therapist attention is often responsible for such reinforcement and it is concluded that: I...
My purpose is to review with you the basics of craniofacial growth and development. Facial growth is a fundamental and very important subject in fields such as orthodontics. pedodontics, and oral surgery. This will be an overview of fundamentals with...
It was truly a joyous moment when Dr. Logan Barnard, the incoming President of IAOM, presented a beautiful plaque (Figure 1) as a joint special award to honor Richard and Anita Barrett (Figure 2) [...]