Purpose A nationwide survey was conducted to determine if speech-language pathologists
(SLPs) use nonspeech oral motor exercises (NSOMEs) to address children's speech sound …

(NSOMEs) for influencing children's speech sound productions is a common therapeutic
practice used by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the United States, 1 Canada, 2 …

Despite the many debates about the usefulness of nonspeech oral motor exercises
(NSOMEs) in the treatment of speech disorders, few controlled experiments have evaluated …

Purpose This article examines nonspeech oral motor treatments (NSOMTs) in the population
of clients with developmental speech sound disorders. NSOMTs are a collection of …

Purpose The purpose of this article is to help speech-language pathologists (SLPs) apply
the principles of evidence-based practice (EBP) to nonspeech oral motor treatments …

Purpose This article functions as an epilogue to the clinical forum examining the use of
nonspeech oral motor treatments (NSOMTs) to remediate speech sound disorders in …

Some speech-language pathologists use oral motor exercises because they believe these
exercises will facilitate speech sound acquisition in children who have articulation …

The utility of oral-motor exercises in the remediation of children's speech acquisition delays
continues to be a controversial issue. There are few empirical evaluations of the efficacy of …

Purpose The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the current evidence for the
use of oral motor exercises (OMEs) on speech (ie, speech physiology, speech production …

Background Children with developmental speech sound disorders have difficulties in
producing the speech sounds of their native language. These speech difficulties could be …