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Utilizing Kinesiology Taping Within The Nicu To Promote Oral Feeding Readiness In Preterm Infants With Oral Motor Dysfunction, Kaylee B. O'Brien
Utilizing Kinesiology Taping Within The Nicu To Promote Oral Feeding Readiness In Preterm Infants With Oral Motor Dysfunction, Kaylee B. O'Brien
2022 SLP Posters
According to the World Health Organization, approximately 15 million babies are born prematurely every year, which greatly increases the risk for feeding difficulties amongst babies being cared for in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Preterm infants often experience prolonged stays in a NICU as medical professionals provide lifesaving and life-sustaining care. Amongst those medical professionals, is a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) who is the expert in infant feeding. One of the many roles of a NICU SLP is to improve an infant’s oral motor control. In doing so, the SLP will look at ways in which they can increase functional …