Myofunctional Clinic Of Bellevue
1530 Bellevue Way SE Ste #B | Bellevue, WA, 98004About
Myofunctional Clinic of Bellevue is located in Bellevue, Washington. Nancy Magar, MA, CCC-SLP, COM is both a certified Orofacial Myologist and licensed speech-language pathologist. She has had extensive training and experience with feeding, oral motor, speech articulation and orofacial myofunctional disorders. Orofacial myofunctional disorder is the difference in the position or function of the muscles of the mouth and/or face. Some areas of OMDs are as follows: tongue thrust- the improper placement and function of the tongue during swallowing. When swallowing, the tongue thrusts in between, forward or sideways against the teeth; abnormal lip/tongue resting positions- includes open lip posture and low or forward tongue posture; oral habits- thumb, finger or pacifier sucking beyond an appropriate age.