Fw: [Dysphagia] mouth breather

[rmcclana at kvmo.net (Ron McClanahan)]

Sorry...I failed to mention that the 14 yr old has had surgery on the
turbinates and can breathe through her nose...just has the habit now of
mouth breathing....I apologize for the confusion....



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron McClanahan" <rmcclana@kvmo.net>
To: <dysphagia@b9.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:51 PM
Subject: [Dysphagia] mouth breather


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......
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