Posted by Tanja
on 2/19/2009, 11:08 am, in reply to "Extra tissue under the tongue"
84.192.213.127
Hello,
Our son with PRS has also got a lot of extra tissue under his tongue. Our speach therapist told us this normally should been removed directly after birth. But his doctors haven't done it because his tongue will fall more before his airways. He only had the jaw distraction.
When he's older we can let it remove, but it is not realy necessary. It can help for speach and for swallowing, but that's not guaranteed.
I hope I've helped you with my information
Kind regards
Tanja
--Previous Message--
: Hello, my son Brody has isolated PRS he had
: the Lip to tongue adhesion (failed) and the
: jaw distraction. I've noticed that Brody has
: a lot of "extra tissue" under his
: tongue almost to the point that it looks
: like a second tongue. It has been this way
: since birth and his pediatrician and speech
: therapist do not really have any explanation
: for it. I was just curious to see if anyone
: else has noticed this in their children. I
: have not been able to find any mention of it
: in my PRS research. I appreciate your help
:
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