tongue retraction
tongue re·trac·tion
(tŭng rĕ-trak'shŭn)An atypical oral motor pattern whereby the tongue is pulled back or falls to the back of the mouth, making breathing and sucking difficult.
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Alternatively a dysfunction of either the cricohyoideus or the stylohyoideus muscles could have impaired tongue retraction.
Tongue retraction can be both visible (where the tip is retracted) and invisible (where the tip is in place, and only the base is retracting), and has far-reaching effects on vocal technique.
Isolite says the shape is designed to allow for maximum tongue retraction and better fit in a patient's mouth.
The difference arises because tongue retraction is powered by muscles slow to contract in the cold.
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