Tongue Thrust Therapy 4+

Alissa Holloway

Designed for iPad

    • 4.1 • 9 Ratings
    • $49.99

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Description

The Tongue Thrust Therapy Program

The premier solution for tongue thrust therapy. Through this program, the oral musculature is retrained to produce a correct and mature swallow pattern free of any tongue thrust movement or pressure. The program also teaches techniques to improve awareness of the mouth, facial muscles, and tongue muscles. As well as demonstrates techniques to improve muscle strength and coordination.



The program offers an informal assessment to help determine if a tongue thrust exists and/or the severity level of the tongue thrust. The program offers weekly session guidelines for the entire ten week program. Each weekly guideline contains multiple exercises to be taught on a consistent weekly basis. The weekly exercises come complete with descriptions, tips and tricks, and video demonstrations to ensure the exercises are taught and practiced correctly.



The program is designed to be used under the direction of a certified Speech Language Pathologist, Dentist, Orthodontist, or Orofacial Myologist. However, the program works best with parent support and home practice. In order to facilitate this support, once the program has been purchased by an appropriate professional, every parent/student/client using the program under the direction of that professional is given free access to the entire program. This type of access is unheard of and is made available in order to guarantee correct usage and success with the program.



What is a Tongue Thrust

A tongue thrust, otherwise known as an orofacial myofunctional disorder, occurs when the tongue moves forward in an exaggerated way during speech and/or swallowing. The tongue may lie too far forward during rest or may protrude between the upper and lower teeth during speech, swallowing, and at rest.





Articulation Implications

Did you know that more than 81% of children with speech and articulation disorders have been shown to have an underlying tongue thrust? A tongue thrust can delay the development of the muscles of the tongue and can interfere with the development of age appropriate speech sounds. The Tongue Thrust Therapy App program helps treat the underlying cause of these speech and articulation issues, giving children the necessary skills and foundation to develop speech sounds appropriately. The Tongue Thrust Therapy App program can be used in conjunction with traditional articulation therapy, in order to help children experience faster progress and much more success.



Dental Implications

A person typically swallows between 1,200 and 2,000 times in a 24 hour time period with more than 4 pounds of pressure each time. If a person suffers from a tongue thrust, this continuous pressure tends to force the teeth out of alignment. Many orthodontics complete orthodontic treatment with what appears to be good results, only to discover that the case relapses due to the patient's tongue thrust. If the tongue is allowed to continue its pushing action against the teeth, it will continue to push the teeth forward and reverse any orthodontic work performed.

What’s New

Version 1.3

Fixed issues with videos not loading. Added support for dark mode.

Ratings and Reviews

4.1 out of 5
9 Ratings

9 Ratings

Aubs22 ,

Game changer!

This app has been a game changer for my clients doing tongue thrust remediation. It is clear, simple, and successful for straight forward tongue thrust cases. The videos are easy to follow and having access to them at home has increased home practice. My clients appreciate that the exercises do not take a ton of time and most of them can be done anywhere.

Singie_sling ,

Best program for tongue thrust therapy

The app is very user-friendly. The videos, lessons, and tips are very helpful for teaching the exercises. I have had great success with all of my clients using this program!

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The App Shows Black Screen

(2022May) So when you first download the app everything looks fine but when you start seeing the weekly courses the entire pages is blacked out with no graphics once you click on the week you can see the information inside but you have to clicked randomly because the page is blacked out.

Can tell the developer hasn’t touched this in a while but they should Atleast make sure it’s usable if there still going to charge $50 for it.

Currently seeing Myofunctional therapist and was amped to use the app but no I feel like I’ve wasted cash because who knows when the developer will or read or even fix the issue.

I’ll change my review to 5 stars upon the fix but until then they have 1 star from me as of 2022May

App Privacy

The developer, Alissa Holloway, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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