Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I was just wondering if anyone knew if Plagio babies are more likely to need speech therapy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 My son had plagio and started speech therapy when he was 21 months old. The therapist couldn't say if the plagio was the cause. One of my other two non-plagio kids also went through speech therapy so in our case it may have been hereditary and not plagio causing it. Molly Novato, California Nicolas, 3, tort & plagio, STARband (CIRS Oakland) 4/24/06-9/12/06, Graduate! , 6 , 9 Plagio and Speech Delay I was just wondering if anyone knew if Plagio babies are more likely to need speech therapy? ------------------------------------ For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I have not read anything correlating plagio alone and speech delay. I have read various studies where severe tort may cause speech delay due to one side of the neck, jaw, and even tongue being weaker than the other. This makes forming words clearly difficult and the children tend to speak more in vowels for a while. Nothing I have come across has said it's a permanent or even a long lasting condition. Once the muscle strength is built up it's no longer an issue. Speech therapy can speed this process along. Delayed speech that could be tied to tort is said to be very rare. I honestly haven't looked into it more than in passing while researching tort and plagio though. Elaine (twin A), tort & plagio, 9mos, 2nd helmet since 1/5/09 On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:39 AM, bree.sheffield <bree.sheffield@...> wrote: I was just wondering if anyone knew if Plagio babies are more likely to need speech therapy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I think it's more likely tied to tort than plagio itself. My son had a delay in speech, he started ST at 2 years old. Our ST didn't seem to be very familiar with tort, but she did some research and believes that it's the low-muscle tone in the face, that is a result of the tort, that can lead to speech delay. My son has right plagio, left tort, which means that the left side of his neck was tight and the right side was weak. As a result of the tort and plagio, the right side of his face was " fuller " than the left. He's been in ST nearly 6 months now and his cheeks are more even. He doesn't talk out of one side of his mouth anymore and he's really making progress on moving his tongue more (he wasn't able to lift it to the roof of his mouth early on). So I would definitely say, from my experience, there is a link of tort and speech. That's not to say every baby with tort is going to have a speech delay, I think there are other factors like the severity of the tort that could make it more likely in some than others. Jake-2 (DOCBand Grad 9/08) Jordan-5 > > I was just wondering if anyone knew if Plagio babies are more likely to > need speech therapy? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Was your son speaking much at all or was he having trouble with certain sounds? My son is almost 23 months and goes to the ST on the 19th. I just wanted to have as much info for her as possible. My son is just now starting to make animal sounds and trying to talk. He can say mama, dada, uh oh, and bubbles. > > > > I was just wondering if anyone knew if Plagio babies are more likely > to > > need speech therapy? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 my son receives therapy 3 times a week related to his speech, he is 2 now, he wore the band from 9-12 months, started speech at 22 months old. he never had tort. but his is related to his hearing, he ended up having to get tubes. whether it was related or not everyone says no but I wonder since his ear assymetry was severe. he is 27 mo now and still says very little On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:39 AM, bree.sheffield <bree.sheffield@...> wrote: I was just wondering if anyone knew if Plagio babies are more likely to need speech therapy? -- -household executive, maid, chef (ok thats a stretch), taxi driver, domestic engineer or, best of all, just " mommy " http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1088463/Why-time-forget-pushchair-sling-baby-sleep.htmlhttp://midscbwers.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 No, not much at all. He was about 20-21 months old when he was evaluated (by two different ST groups) and was said to have the speech patterns of a 15 month old, but had an understanding of speech of a 24+ month old. He only said ma, da, bah (ball) and boon (balloon). By the time we got around to actually starting therapy, he had just turned 2 and he had added new words to his vocabulary, but still not as many as he should. When he finally did start REALLY saying words, he didn't say them all correctly, which I know is pretty standard for a lot of toddlers, but the ST said it was his muscle tone and lack of mouth and tongue movement that was going to make it harder for him to get caught up without therapy. He's come a long way in a pretty short time, I think, but she thinks there's still room for improvement. Jake-2 (DOCBand Grad 9/08) Jordan-5 > > > > > > I was just wondering if anyone knew if Plagio babies are more > likely > > to > > > need speech therapy? > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 sounds like , only never had tort and joey did have hearing issues to contend with. At 21 mo he went to an audiologist and failed a hearing test in his effected ear, turned out he had fluid in the ear, she recommended he immediately be seen for speech. At the time he said mama, dada, nana, emma, bye bye, becca (minus the c sound), sarah (with b sound for the s and r), libby (minus the l), and keys (just the e sound). His physician also sent him to the ent. The SLP he saw evaluated him and said he is about a year behind in speech. More important than words he said was sounds he said. You can find charts online of when certain sounds emerge. But he basically only said vowels and m, n, d and b and he should be attempting more sounds. I know now they say that at 2 they should know about 50 words, try tyo imitate words and start to use 2 word phrases. On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:49 PM, <nwilkens2275@...> wrote: No, not much at all. He was about 20-21 months old when he was evaluated (by two different ST groups) and was said to have the speech patterns of a 15 month old, but had an understanding of speech of a 24+ month old. He only said ma, da, bah (ball) and boon (balloon). By the time we got around to actually starting therapy, he had just turned 2 and he had added new words to his vocabulary, but still not as many as he should. When he finally did start REALLY saying words, he didn't say them all correctly, which I know is pretty standard for a lot of toddlers, but the ST said it was his muscle tone and lack of mouth and tongue movement that was going to make it harder for him to get caught up without therapy. He's come a long way in a pretty short time, I think, but she thinks there's still room for improvement. Jake-2 (DOCBand Grad 9/08)Jordan-5> > > > > > I was just wondering if anyone knew if Plagio babies are more > likely > > to > > > need speech therapy?> > >> >> -- -household executive, maid, chef (ok thats a stretch), taxi driver, domestic engineer or, best of all, just " mommy " http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1088463/Why-time-forget-pushchair-sling-baby-sleep.html http://midscbwers.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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