Mr Tongue Tells

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The tongue has multiple sources of innervation based on its embryological origins. The nerve supply to the tongue can be grouped based as efferent fibers that carry motor impulses, general sensory that conveys touch and proprioception, and special afferent that conveys gustatory impulses. Motor innervation Speech delayed children also omit or delete specific sounds. For instance, they may refer to a ‘train’ as ‘tain’. Missing Syllables Often, our kiddos speak words that we don’t understand. Children below the age of 4 often are unable to make the correct letter sound, such as k, c or l. Most children don’t need a speech therapist and these speech issues resolve on their own. You can help your child by understanding the cause of speech articulation problems. And also, by trying out tongue exercises and activities to develop their oral motor skills. Speech Sound Challenges for Toddlers Melong, J., Bezuhly, M., & Hong, P. (2021). The effect of tongue-tie release on speech articulation and intelligibility. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 01455613211064045. As children begin to learn to read, they need to have an awareness of how sounds are structured in words, and be able to manipulate these sounds.

Mr Tongue lives in a house, which is your mouth! Your teeth are his windows and your lips are his doors. Whatever the origin of your child’s tongue-tie, you’re probably reading this post because you’re curious about how it might impact their overall development. And kudos to you for being here and reading about it for their benefit. We know there are so many little things you do each day for your child that go unnoticed. Consider this one noticed by us! The oral and pharyngeal part of the tongue eventually fuses, forming a V-shaped junction known as the sulcus terminalis. While the connective tissue and vascular supply of the tongue mostly originate from the preceding pharyngeal arches, the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles are myoblast derivatives originating from the occipital myotomes.However, it's important to remember that the way tongue-tie looks alone may not always mean intervention is necessary. To assess how tongue-tie affects function and determine the best course of action, it's crucial to consult with a healthcare professional such as a pediatrician, dentist, or speech therapist. How common are tongue-ties? The world is riddled with numerous stimuli that living organisms interact with every day. Each individual is able to perceive, process, and integrate these stimuli with the aid of general and specialized sensory receptors throughout the body. The tongue is a unique organ located in the oral cavity that not only facilitates perception of gustatory stimuli but also plays important roles in mastication and deglutition. Additionally, the tongue is an integral component of the speech pathway, as it helps with articulation. Before making a decision about whether or not to release your child’s tongue tie, make sure that you’ve got the right information on their diagnosis. We recommend seeking advice from a professional with continuing education and the qualifications to properly diagnose tongue-tie. That means talking to a: Get Yourself these Bite and Chew Tubes. Ask your child to really press their teeth on the tubes. Release and repeat. For either of these it is helpful to encourage lots of listening activities- listening to sounds around them, hearing rhymes, working out what sounds words begin and end with.

Mescher, Anthony L, and Luiz Carlos Uchôa Junqueira. Junqueira's Basic Histology. 13th ed., Mcgraw-Hill, 2013. Action - depresses and protrudes tongue (bilateral contraction); deviates tongue contralaterally (unilateral contraction)

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This reading game, Mr Tongue’s house is a phonemic awareness warm up game. It helps promote awareness of the sounds and movements involved in spoken language. Don’t try all these exercises in one sitting. Do 5 minutes of these exercises in each sitting. Sneak them in during playtime or even dinner time. The tip is followed by the body of the tongue. It has a rough dorsal (superior) surface that abuts the palate and is populated with taste buds and lingual papillae, and a smooth ventral (inferior) surface that is attached to the floor of the oral cavity by the lingual frenulum.The tongue is one of those structures derived from the pharyngeal apparatus. Towards the end of the fourth gestational week, the mesenchyme of the ventromedial aspect of the first pharyngeal arches begins to proliferate in the floor of the primitive pharynx to form the median lingual swelling (tuberculum impar). This triangular protuberance is located cranial to the foramen cecum (opening of the thyroglossal duct) and is later joined by the two distal tongue buds ( lateral lingual swellings). The lateral lingual swellings are oval enlargements arising on either side of the median lingual swelling. The rate of growth of the lateral lingual swellings exceeds that of the median lingual swelling. Foliate papillae appear as bilaterally paired, parallel, longitudinal slits on the posterolateral margin of the tongue, near the sulcus terminalis. The mucosa is non-keratinized and the papillae are populated with numerous taste buds. While tongue-ties can contribute to speech difficulties, it's important to understand that they are not always the cause. Some children with tongue-ties experience normal speech development, while others may have difficulties pronouncing some sounds. Lingual artery (dorsal lingual, sublingual, deep lingual arteries), ascending palatine, tonsillar, ascending pharyngeal arteries The development of taste buds begins as the last of the papillae are formed in the 11th week of gestation. Their formation is influenced by the invading special sensory nerve fibers, as well as inductive factors from the surrounding epithelium. Although the majority of these specialized gustatory receptors will develop on the dorsum of the tongue, they also arise on the hard and soft palates, dorsum of the epiglottis, palatoglossal arches, and the posterior oropharyngeal wall. Taste bud development is concluded around the 13th gestational week. Nerve supply