Success Stories
Patient Name :
TH - 3mths, female
Problem :
- Feeding difficulties-poor suck/swallow and possible aversion to oral feeding
- On Naso-gastric feeding
- Suspected developmental delay secondary to mild cerebral palsy
Treatment :
Therapy for 7 months :
- Weekly feeding therapy
- Oro-motor therapy, desensitization techniques, strategies to calm the child before trial oral feeding
- Vitalstim therapy-10 sessions
- Parent training – tiny tots program to teach mother skills to facilitate speech and language development in the developing infant
Before
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- Distress during feeding times
- Significant aversion to feeding and tactile stimulation
- In-coordinated suck/swallow/breathing pattern
- Occasional choking and wet throat noises when oral cavity flooded with feeds
- On tube feeding for nutritional and hydrational needs
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After
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- Emerging vocal skills-she coos and plays more
- Emerging pre-linguistic skills such as shared attention appropriate for the age, responding to name call, various sounds etc
- Emerging interactive play with the parents and caregivers
- Better tolerance to intra-oral stimulation
- Gradual increase in the oral intake of feeds, semisolids
- Weaned off the tube closer to her first birthday and discharged from therapy
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