Oral motor impairment in children with feeding difficulties (Letter)
Author(s)
Marshall, J
Hill, RJ
Ziviani, J
Ware, RS
Dodrill, P
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2016
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Diagnosis of oral-motor impairment: Although there are some valid and reliable tools for assessing severe oral-motor dysfunction (2,3), these are not sensitive to milder impairments. Many nonmedically complex children in our study displayed mild/moderate oral-motor impairments and restricted their diets based on texture. During the intervention phase of our study (published in a subsequent article (4)), we found that these children benefited from specific instructions for effective chewing.Diagnosis of oral-motor impairment: Although there are some valid and reliable tools for assessing severe oral-motor dysfunction (2,3), these are not sensitive to milder impairments. Many nonmedically complex children in our study displayed mild/moderate oral-motor impairments and restricted their diets based on texture. During the intervention phase of our study (published in a subsequent article (4)), we found that these children benefited from specific instructions for effective chewing.
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Journal Title
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Volume
63
Issue
3
Subject
Biomedical and clinical sciences