People with Neurological Communication Disorders may have difficulty producing speech. Dystonia or Muscle weakness causes dysphagia (swallowing disorders), drooling, Speech sound disorders (vowels or consonants distortion, speech sound imprecise, etc.) Oral Motor Exercises is a collection of non-speech methods and procedures that claim to influence tongue, lip, and jaw resting postures, increase strength, improve muscle tone, facilitate range of motion, and develop muscle control. (Ruscello, 2008)
There are many benefits of oral-motor exercises. The main benefit of oral-motor exercises is to improve and coordinate the oral muscles which are used for speech, eating and drinking. When oral-motor exercises are combined with breathing and speech exercises, this can be a highly beneficial and effective method of improving speech intelligibility.
Oral-motor exercises are used in therapy by consistently practicing exercises in a drill Speech and language therapists will tailor a specific speech and language therapy program to suit the specific needs and abilities of each client. Oral-Peripheral examination will provide for discover any Oral structure problems may effect speech and swallowing.
Non-speech Oral Motor Exercises
Oral Massage
Lips : 10-15 Times each by following pictures
Oral Massage
Tongue: 10-15 Times each by following pictures
Thai Vowel Drills
