Excersizes/ Speech & Swallowing

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Ways to excersize the muscles of swallowing and speech

My speech Gal taught me some .

1- with a tongue depressor stick your tongue out and push on the

tongue depressor ,hold this as long as you can ,this strengthens the

tongue muscles . Do as many as these as you can .note how this

tightens the neck muscles just under the chin ,these are the swallow

muscles .

2- fill a glass of water or milk or even milk shake ,start with a

straw at the top maybe an 1 1/2 " down ,now blow into the liquid

making bubbles keep going until you can't (put paper towels under

and around the glass as sometimes you may spill some or blow some

out . thinner liquids are easier

The higher you start the least amount of pressure you'll have .The

lower you start the more pressure you'll have . this strenghtens the

soft palate . i do this during the day makes a mess so do it over a

sink .Seems silly but does help .I find this foces my palate to

close where mine is somewhat flacid,making for hypernasality or a

dysarthria .

3- facial muscles smile with a big smile holding for a while then go

to a tight pucker,holding the pucker as long as possible then back

to the smile ,do several of these

4- of course we know the TA TA TA TA CA CA CA PA PA PA PA

All for now GEO