DD started physical therapy today and her PT wants to have an occupational therapist evaluate her oral motor skills. We're dealing with failure to thrive. She's seeing a gastroenterologist at children's hospital next week to rule out any GI causes
Has anyone been though an oral motor eval? What was it like? Thanks
Re: Oral Motor Skills Evaluation
My daughter had an evaluation at two weeks old because a lactation consultant noticed that she seemed to have an uncoordinated swallow. The SLP had us bring her bottles and observed, palpated and listened (with a stethoscope) to her throat while she drank a bottle. She also had us try a few other specialty nipples with her to observe how she handled drinking from them.
In the end she also had a swallow study done (barium x-ray) and was diagnosed as penetrating into her airway (not full-on aspirating) when swallowing. We ended up with an NG tube and eventually a G tube. We did 3 months of feeding therapy and she now drinks thickened formula from a bottle.
DS2 & DD1: 01.14.13