TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Use of Oral-Motor Exercises Among SLPs in Jordan
AU - El-Bashiti, Nour AU - Ahmad Alaraifi, Jehad 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2021.1.5
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2021.1.5
KW  - tongue
KW  -experience
KW  -strength
KW  -articulation disorder
KW  -Oral-motor exercise
AB  - The study aims to study the Speech Language
Pathologist’s (SLPs) use of oral-motor exercises with
patients who present with speech disorders. It also
assesses the nature and type of exercises used.
Furthermore, it compares the outcome with other studies
that aimed to study the use of oral-motor exercises in the
intervention of speech disorders. SLPs from different
work settings (clinic, speech centers, university and
private practice) were selected to answer the survey
questions. Those SLPs were selected among professionals
who have different academic degrees in speech pathology
(B.S, M.A., or Ph.D. degree). Results showed that 74% of
SLPs use oral-motor exercise which is a very high
number. The choice of using oral-motor exercises
was not affected by the level of education or the years of
experience. As for the nature of exercises, tongue
exercises were used by the majority of SLPs. It was
concluded that many of the recent studies do not support
the use of oral-motor exercises. However, more
evidence-based research is needed in order to give a solid
proof of the importance of the use of oral-motor exercises
in the scope of the speech pathology practice. Clinical
studies that track cases in detail are needed for that
purpose.
ER  -