Resources

To guide you to more information on Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders: 

International Association of Orofacial Myology https://iaom.com/

Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy https://aomtinfo.org/

American-Speech-Language-Hearing-Association https://www.asha.org/

 

 

Research

Below is a short list of related research.

 

Obtructive Sleep Apnea / Sleep Disordered Breathing  - 

Myofunctional Therapy to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Effects of oropharyngeal exercises on patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnea syndrome https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Lingual and Maxillary Labial Frenuloplasty with Myofunctional Therapy as a Treatment for Mouth Breathing and Snoring https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi

Orofacial motor functions in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea and implications for myofunctional therapy https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

Tongue Tie / Teathered Oral Tissues  - 

Speech and Feeding Improvements in Children After Posterior Tongue-Tie Release: A Case Series https://theijcp.org/index.php/ijcp/article/view

A frequent phenotype for pediatric sleep apnoes: short lingual frenulum  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles

How tongue mobility changes face and jaw development  https://www.researchsquare.com/article

Lingual frenuloplasty with myofunctional therapy: Exploring safety and efficacy in 348 cases https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Assessment of posterior tongue mobility using lingual-palatal suction: Progress towards a functional definition of ankyloglossia

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Lacking Consensus: The Management of Ankyloglossia in Children https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com