Meet the Oral Development Tools
- Tool opening encourages tongue elevation for swallowing + speech sounds (t, d, n)
- Dip into breast milk, formula or purees to help with feeding skills
- Short, fat, round silicone handle provides a non-slip grip and makes grasping more successful
- Sensory bumps provide texture + tactile input to the mouth, and also stimulates tongue lateralization for eating and lip closure to decrease drooling
- Tool tip encourages lip rounding movements + speech sounds (oh, oo, w)
- Size and shape facilitate munching / chewing skills
- Eye depression holds thick liquids and purees. Facilitates jaw strength for chewing + swallowing skills. Shape encourages jaw stabilization, lip spreading + speech sounds (e, s, z)