Laura writes:

I will  add though, that even if these tongue tied adults are obviously 
making their  speech sounds in a different manner and with different tongue 
placement than a  non-tongue tied individual most SLPs would not consider this 
a speech  disorder. If the production *sounds* correct it is correct no 
matter how it  was actually made. 




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It's all about function, well sort of...:)
This reminds me of a family I worked with for both their little girls.  
First baby tongue tied, released. Second baby tongue tied, released even 
sooner.  ( Mom called me during LLL conference within minutes of second baby being 
 born. Things were better than first postpartum experience, since this one  
would latch and it wasn't excruciating, but still ended up being an issue 
to be  dealt with.)  Parents knew the issue and wanted to deal with it  
earlier. Interesting part: both parents had some restrictions themselves, both  
spoke functionally. BUT: the dad remarked that kids thought he was stupid 
when  he was younger because he kept quiet a lot of the time, and when he did 
speak,  he spoke slowly. He also said that he did a lot of oral presentations 
at work  and suffered from real fatigue and jaw pain. SO, even though he 
knew this and  considered having the release done himself, nothing was done, 
but with second  baby, the ENT suggested he get his released as well. He was 
ready emotionally,  it seems. Well, voila! Within hours he said his wife 
could understand him so  much better, and his jaw fatigue and pain were 
history. He was functioning  "fine" but there was so much room for improvement even 
so. I was really happy  for all 4 of them...:)
 
Peace,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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