Care Pages - Speech Exercises - Tongue

You can use your computer for therapy, http://braininjuryknow.blogspot.com/2015/09/using-computer-for-therapy.html.

I've put together some speech therapy videos on the tongue. You will notice one video comes from vocal training. I liked the exercises.

(Forget the brochure she mentions. I don't have it.)

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Other articles I have written with speech activities:

http://braininjuryknow.blogspot.com/2016/11/i-get-by-with-humor.html - You can pick written material you like to read out loud.

 http://braininjuryknow.blogspot.com/2016/07/i-remember-that-song.html  -Music is good.

http://braininjuryknow.blogspot.com/2010/11/oral-motor-exercises.html - A handout I got long ago.

http://thoughtfulveg.blogspot.com/2014/12/you-are-my-sunshine.html - Sing! 

Fuel To The Fire

 I always say "Keep doing the exercises after rehab." Here's why. This is my before picture:

Now, after one week of exercise. I did 2, 3, and 4 from http://braininjuryknow.blogspot.com/2010/11/oral-motor-exercises.html.

You can see more muscle definition on my face.  Specifically, on the left side of the picture, there's now a line running from my nose to my mouth.

So, it's definitely important to keep doing the exercise after rehab. I'm adding this one back to the others I do.


*update

It's been 3 weeks, not even a month, and I can

I haven't been able to lift one side of my top lip in 9 years.

feeding exercise

Provide firm input to the root of the tongue- try this on yourself first- place your thumb under your chin about -1 inch behind your jaw bone- if you quickly and firmly move your thumb directly up and down you should feel your tongue moving up and down in your mouth- this increases muscle tone in the tongue and should increase voluntary control over gagging- do this for 1-2 minutes about 4-5 times daily- if you are doing it correctly you will hear your child tongue moving - if a child is vocalizing "ah" while you're doing it they will make cute gurgling sound.