Episode 2146 – On this Friday’s show, Vinnie Tortorich welcomes speech pathologist Sarah Sweeney to discuss the importance of better breathing and speech, thumb-sucking, posture, therapies for kids and adults, and more.
BETTER BREATHING & SPEECH
- Vinnie welcomes Sarah and they chat a bit about how Vinnie came to hear about Sarah. (3:30)
- They also chat about the early days of the podcast as Sarah has been a listener for about 10 years. (9:00)
- Vinnie gives Sarah a bit of background about his speech issues as well as what he was told about them previously. (12:50)
- They also discuss how an issue like thumb sucking in young children is usually a sign of an “airway issue”.(32:02)
- This can have a range of effects on structure, growth, and breathing.
- A common issue Sarah deals with is a child who is “tongue-tied”.
- She then describes in detail the issues it can cause as well as therapies to help. (42:00)
- Vinnie goes on to ask Sarah her thoughts on things like getting tonsils removed and if that causes issues as well. (54:00)
- Sarah then walks Vinnie through some exercises to demonstrate and analyzes a bit of his own speech. (1:04:12)
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