The horns in this hierarchy gradually increase in difficulty, with #1 being the easiest to blow, and #12 the most difficult.

GOALS: lip rounding, lip protrusion, abdominal grading

This airplane whistle (10) from Talk Tools® replaced the MAGIC BALL in the horn hierarchy. It is a difficult whistle because it requires strong respiratory support and the ability to round the lips with protrusion at the same time.

HORN 12 - set of 3 Speech therapy flute with a retractable paper tube, number 12 in the ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY hierarchy with ROUND mouthpiece.

The difficulty in drawing liquid through the straws increases as your child or client moves up the hierarchy. Straw #1 is the easiest, #8 is the most difficult.

The ORIGINAL HORN KIT from TalkTools® includes 12 horns and blowers for the use in accordance to the hierarchical protocol designed for speech and feeding therapies by the TalkTools® experts.

The set contains a number of straws classified in accordance with the hierarchical protocol for speech therapy and feeding, prepared by the experts from TALK TOOLS. The specified instruction provides the information on how to deal with particular sounds and some conditions like: tongue retraction in interdental lisp or lip protrusion.

Talk Tools® whistle horn in a steam train shape.

The difficulty in drawing liquid through the straws increases as your child or client moves up the hierarchy. Straw #1 is the easiest, #8 is the most difficult.

TalkTools® Straw 6 for Oral Placement Therapy with complex loops, for children with poor suction it can be really difficult, but if used in a hierarchy at the right stage of the exercises, it will be a great tool for success!

Straw with bends makes the fluid suction more difficult. Straw number 5 is the point to start the long-lasting sucking action.

This straw from TalkTools® has loops which make the fluid suction more difficult.

The difficulty in drawing liquid through the straws increases as your child or client moves up the hierarchy. Straw #1 is the easiest, #8 is the most difficult. Colors may vary. LIP BLOCK NOT INCLUDED. NOTE: Do not put in dishwasher.

Much shorter than the other straws in the OPT hierarchy. The difficulty in drawing liquid through the straws increases as your child or client moves up the hierarchy.

This is the straw with the widest use in speech therapy: for breathing (exhalation and inhalation), oral respiratory track exercises and lip praxis skills development.

This horn from Talk Tools® is perfect for the therapy of vowel sounds like the O or U.

This whistle from Talk Tools® hierarchy in a form of small red train prepares for lip rounding; therefore, it is used for exercising the alveolar sounds and the “u” sound.

HORN No. 5 in the ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY hierarchy (OPT) with flat mouthpiece - (requires clamping lips). The holes on the top of the instrument allow for sound modulation, hence the little one is perfectly motivated to prolong exhalation and better air management.

Blowing this funny looking whistle from Talk Tools® starts the movement of the propeller. The flat mouthpiece forces the patients to contract their lips and the rotating fan is a great visual feedback.

This horn from Talk Tools® is provided with a rear cap which causes sound modulation. Perfect for exercises in extending the expiratory phase, practicing vowels and bilabial sounds.

This tool, a mini harmonica, requires a minimal respiratory support.

In the hierarchy of oral placement therapy, this horn from Talk Tools® is the easiest to blow and it only requires the therapist to press the patient’s midriff area to make a sound.