Introduction: Oral-motor exercises (OME) are exercises involving sensory stimulation or movement of the articulators (lip, chin, tongue, velum, larynx and respiratory muscles). OME are used during management of different types of disorders. They are highly effective in the development of oral-motor skills of premature babies as well as tongue movement in neuromotor disorders, lip control, chewing ability, swallowing ability, saliva control, jaw stabilization, biting, spoon feeding, drinking water from cups. OME is also used in speech disorders. In the evidence-based practice of ASHA, OME has been stated to have no effect on speech production (articulation) disorders.Purpose: This research aimed to find answers to whether or not special education teachers (SPED) and speech language therapists (SLT) use OME in their therapies; to compare the use of OME between the two groups: which disorder and /or disability group they use them for; what exercises they apply intheir practice; which therapy materials they use; and the effectiveness of OME in case management. Method: This is a screening study to determine the therapeutic use of OME according to responses from SLT and SPED. A total of 58 questionnaire forms were collected with the feedback from 29 expert SLTs and 29 SPEDs. Results and Conclusion: Although there was a statistically significant difference in some parts of the research findings, generally there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. This study found that SLTs and SPEDs used OME in their practice however used them for different purposes in different types of disorders. It was also found that SLTs utilized OME more effectively and appropriately than SPEDs
Keywords
oral motor exercises, special education teacher, language and speech therapist, therapy effectiveness
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