STRAW #7 -in the TalkTools® Straw Drinking Hierarchy

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. A great tool for swallowing exercises and also for lengthening the inhalation phase. The spiral shape effectively impedes liquid or food suction. The hierarchy promotes jaw-lip-tongue dissociation. Straw is an excellent device for abdominal grading training, lip protrusion and rounding, tongue retraction.

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