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Stone Tongue Thrust Protocol

The Stone Tongue Thrust Protocol (STTP) is a clinically proven effective tool for the elimination of tongue thrust for individuals over the age of 8. Cally R. Stone MS, CCC-SLP is a state licensed and nationally ASHA certified clinical Speech Language Pathologist who developed and authored the STTP. Her clinical work with tongue thrust came initially as an outpatient hospital clinician who received referrals for tongue thrust due to the insurance company contract with the hospital providers. Frustration with traditional tongue thrust resources falling shor as well as poor follow through by patients led to the integration of techniques used with neurogenic patients who demonstrated oral phase dysphagia. When Cally became a private practice owner in 2003, she was able to further refine her tongue thrust treatment methods and consistently achieved exceptional results in a shorter amount of time that did not require the “tune ups” reported throughout the tongue thrust literature. Her practice became well known for the Stone Tongue Thrust Protocol (STTP) with patients and practitioners recognizing the value and lasting results of eliminating tongue thrust by training a new resting posture and posterior swallow. The STTP is now available for a second generation of therapists to become certified in the accurate identification and use of the Protocol for the assessment and treatment of tongue thrust.

Breaking Down Barriers

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I still, on a very regular basis, hear from dentists and patients that nothing can be done (or needs to be done) for tongue thrust; that therapy doesn’t work; that you just need to teach them to put their tongue on their spot. I see patients after they are on their second or third set of braces with everyone frustrated because the teeth just keep moving. I see patients who are facing major jaw surgeries to address misalignment and TMJ issues. I see patients who have serious TMJ issues that have been treated by a variety of disciplines with no relief. Guess what they all have in common? Yup! They HAD tongue thrust and we eliminated it (as well as the other issues that were being caused or exacerbated by the tongue thrust)!

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The Stone Tongue Thrust Protocol (STTP) is a clinically proven effective tool for the elimination of tongue thrust for individuals over the age of 8.  Cally R. Stone MS, CCC-SLP is a state licensed and nationally ASHA certified clinical Speech Language Pathologist who developed and authored the STTP.  Her clinical work with tongue thrust came …

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