Lab – Swallowing and OMD
1. View the video posted on Canvas, Video 8, called “Example of OM therapy”
Look at the young lady swallowing at 0:39-0:46.
Where is her tongue as the cup is held to her mouth?
__Her tongue was high by her upper teeth_____________________________________
When she asks “This is a juice sized glass?”, how would you describe her /s/ sounds?
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She has a lisp when she says an /s/ sound.
At 1:42-1:44, where are the patient’s lateral margins of the tongue located?
- the patients lateral margis of the tongue are located high toward the roof of her mouth.
2. View this link which describes the normal swallow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlskRpsj3u8
Now view a few links which show some myofunctional disorders:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCjy6Vgl7cs&index=3&list=PLB33679C7A50128B7
What effect does mouth breathing have on the upper arch, teeth and the TMJ?
Mouth breathing could possibly lead to your teeth crowding and can form a v-shaped arch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5SaKdPAZng
Look at 0:14 – 0:21. What muscles are contracting?
His lower lip muscles are contracting
3. Based on the appearance of the photo of a tongue below, what can you infer about the placement
of this person’s tongue at rest?
_________i’m not sure___________________________________________________
4. View this video of an MBS procedure:
https://www.youtube.co 0l9-=\m/watch?v=xu_YYOAlZEw
Make two observations about what you see:
1.
When swallowing the epiglottis folds down covering the trachea and covers aspiration
2.
When she swallows a liquids the epiglottis blocks the airway.
