Rhinometry and open-mouth posture in young children

1993 ◽  
Vol 103 (6) ◽  
pp. 526-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan M. Gross ◽  
Gloria D. Kellum ◽  
Tracy Morris ◽  
Diane Franz ◽  
Catherine Michas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Open Mouth ◽  
Open Mouth Posture

Open-mouth posture and maxillary arch width in young children: A three-year evaluation

1994 ◽  
Vol 106 (6) ◽  
pp. 635-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan M. Gross ◽  
Gloria D. Kellum ◽  
Cathy Michas ◽  
Diane Franz ◽  
Monica Foster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Open Mouth ◽  
Arch Width ◽  
Open Mouth Posture ◽  
Maxillary Arch

scholarly journals Open mouth posture and cross-sectional nasal area in young children

1993 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
Gloria Kellum ◽  
◽  
Alan Gross ◽  
Michael Walker ◽  
Monica Foster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Nasal Airway ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Open Mouth ◽  
Open Mouth Posture

A biracial sample of two-hundred ninety-six children were assessed for open-mouth posture (OMP) in the natural environment. In addition, rhinometry was performed on 288 of the youngsters. Means were computed for percent OMP and cross-sectional nasal airway. Results indicated that in general these children exhibited relatively high rates of OMP. Boys displayed significantly greater OMP than girls. However, children exhibiting OMP on 80% of the observation intervals had significantly smaller cross-sectional nasal areas than the youngsters who displayed OMP on fewer than 20% of observation intervals. The implications of the findings were discussed.

scholarly journals Prevalence of oral muscle and speech differences in orthodontic patients

1988 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
Sue Hale ◽  
◽  
Gloria Kellum ◽  
F. Bishop
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Voice Disorders ◽  
Upper Lip ◽  
Open Mouth ◽  
Tongue Position ◽  
Orthodontic Patients ◽  
Lip Movement ◽  
Open Mouth Posture ◽  
Entire Number

Introduction. Four years of observations of speech and oral muscle patterns in orthodontic patients have led the examiners to expect certain factors to occur frequently. These factors include open-mouth posture, low forward tongue position at rest, linguodental instead of linguaalveolar articulatory placement, linguadental tongue position and lip movement during swallowing, upper lip restriction, mentalis wrinkling, frenum restriction, negative oral habits, and articulation and voice disorders. The emergence of these predictable patterns suggested the need for a systematic study of their occurrence. Thus, the incidences of speech differences, negative oral behaviors, and muscle factors identified as correlates to abnormal oral muscle, skeletal, and dental growth were examined in a retrospective study of the records of 229 orthodontic patients, the entire number of new patients reporting for records appointments to an orthodontic practice within a calendar year.

Effect of a Logopedic Instruction Program after Adenoidectomy on Open Mouth Posture: A Single-Blind Study

1999 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Lembrechts ◽  
D. Verschueren ◽  
H. Heulens ◽  
H.A. Valkenburg ◽  
L. Feenstra
Keyword(s):  
Blind Study ◽  
Open Mouth ◽  
Single Blind ◽  
Open Mouth Posture

scholarly journals Lingual and Maxillary Labial Frenuloplasty with Myofunctional Therapy as a Treatment for Mouth Breathing and Snoring

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Chirag Govardhan ◽  
Janine Murdock ◽  
Leyli Norouz-Knutsen ◽  
Sanda Valcu-Pinkerton ◽  
Soroush Zaghi
Keyword(s):  
Upper Airway ◽  
Mouth Breathing ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Open Mouth ◽  
Myofunctional Therapy ◽  
Craniosacral Therapy ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Tongue Resting Position ◽  
Open Mouth Posture

Chronic mouth breathing may adversely affect craniofacial development in children and may result in anatomical changes that directly impact the stability and collapsibility of the upper airway during sleep. Mouth breathing is a multifactorial problem that can be attributed to structural, functional, and neurological etiologies, which are not all mutually exclusive. While therapeutic interventions (myofunctional, speech and swallowing, occupational, and craniosacral therapy) may address the functional and behavioral factors that contribute to mouth breathing, progress may sometimes be limited by restrictive lingual and labial frenum that interfere with tongue and lip mobility. This case report explores the case of a three-year-old girl with mouth breathing, snoring, noisy breathing, and oral phase dysphagia that was successfully treated with lingual and labial frenuloplasty as an adjunct to myofunctional therapy. Within four days of the procedure, the patient had stopped snoring and demonstrated complete resolution of open mouth breathing. The patient was also observed to have increased compliance with myofunctional therapy exercises. This report highlights the effectiveness of surgical interventions to improve the efficacy of myofunctional therapy in addressing open mouth posture and low tongue resting position.

The Modification of Hypernasality in Young Children

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moya L. Andrews ◽  
Sarah J. Tardy ◽  
Lisa G. Pasternak
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Voice Therapy

This paper presents an approach to voice therapy programming for young children who are hypernasal. Some general principles underlying the approach are presented and discussed.

Lexical Comprehension in Young Children With Developmental Delays

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa A. Kouri
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Developmental Delays ◽  
Normal Development ◽  
Clinical Applications ◽  
Group Status ◽  
Novel Object ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Lexical Items ◽  
Lexical Concepts

Lexical comprehension skills were examined in 20 young children (aged 28–45 months) with developmental delays (DD) and 20 children (aged 19–34 months) with normal development (ND). Each was assigned to either a story-like script condition or a simple ostensive labeling condition in which the names of three novel object and action items were presented over two experimental sessions. During the experimental sessions, receptive knowledge of the lexical items was assessed through a series of target and generalization probes. Results indicated that all children, irrespective of group status, acquired more lexical concepts in the ostensive labeling condition than in the story narrative condition. Overall, both groups acquired more object than action words, although subjects with ND comprehended more action words than subjects with DD. More target than generalization items were also comprehended by both groups. It is concluded that young children’s comprehension of new lexical concepts is facilitated more by a context in which simple ostensive labels accompany the presentation of specific objects and actions than one in which objects and actions are surrounded by thematic and event-related information. Various clinical applications focusing on the lexical training of young children with DD are discussed.

Eliciting Verbs From Children With Specific Language Impairment

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Frome Loeb ◽  
Clifton Pye ◽  
Sean Redmond ◽  
Lori Zobel Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Language Impairment ◽  
Specific Language Impairment ◽  
Syntactic Complexity ◽  
Specific Language ◽  
Lexical Skills

The focus of assessment and intervention is often aimed at increasing the lexical skills of young children with language impairment. Frequently, the use of nouns is the center of the lexical assessment. As a result, the production of verbs is not fully evaluated or integrated into treatment in a way that accounts for their semantic and syntactic complexity. This paper presents a probe for eliciting verbs from children, describes its effectiveness, and discusses the utility of and problems associated with developing such a probe.

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