[Dysphagia] mouth breather

[rmcclana at kvmo.net (Ron McClanahan)]

This isn't really related to swallowing but know there's a wealth of info out there....a parent called me...her 14 yr old has a hx of deviated septum and enlarged turbinates...she has tongue thrust and habit of mouth breathing...she has a 'drooping' lower lip according to mom and wondered if therapy would do any good....the dentist gave them some ex (tongue thrust I suppose as it was affecting teeth after braces were removed)....anyway, the girl still mouth breathes...I thought of video-taping her and show how she looks...maybe 10 min a day concentrate on breathing thru her nose...any other ideas???Doubt insurance will pay as no "speech" deficit.....thanks for any responses......