The Z-Vibe's smooth vibration provides gentle sensory feedback to the lips, gums, tongue, jaw, and inside the cheek area. Vibration can be a very helpful tool for calming and organizing. In these cases, vibration as well as the various textures/shapes of the tips can help gradually desensitize the mouth and decrease oral aversions and sensory defensiveness. The Z-Vibe is also recommended for hypersensitive individuals. For sensory-seekers who crave oral stimulation, massaging the gums with the Soft Brush Tip can be particularly helpful.ĭecrease Oral Sensitivities and Food/Texture Aversions: Its gentle vibration can help increase oral awareness and provide much needed proprioceptive input to the lips, cheeks, tongue, and jaw. The Z-Vibe is highly recommended for individuals with hyposensitivities and low oral tone. Some people simply do not like vibration - and that's ok! Even without vibration, the Z-Vibe® can still provide a vast range of sensory stimulation. Please note that by no means does an individual have to use vibration to acquire skills for feeding and articulation. Its gentle vibration provides a new level of tactile awareness for additional sensory feedback, to help "wake up" the mouth, and to draw more acute attention to specific movements of the cheek, jaw, lips, and tongue. doesn’t provide enough input, simply turn the Z-Vibe® on. When just touching the lips, tongue, cheeks, etc. You can also follow up by prompting the individual to say the tongue tip sounds /t/d/n/l/. Then remove the Z-Vibe® and instruct the individual to touch the same spot with his/her tongue tip. For example, use the Z-Vibe® to apply gentle pressure to the alveolar ridge (just behind the upper front teeth). Therapists (and trained caregivers) can use it to provide targeted tactile cues within the oral cavity to teach tongue elevation, tongue lateralization, lip closure, rotary chewing, and much more. ARK's Z-Vibe® is an ideal tool to help you do so. But when these two senses are not enough, you may need to physically direct the articulators for certain speech and feeding skills. Most of us are either visual or auditory learners. It contains small parts (including a battery) that may pose a choking hazard: direct adult supervision is required at all times. It is a therapeutic tool intended to be used by a professional therapist (or by parents trained by their therapist). The aluminum option has slightly more weight to it, and the metal is cool to the touch.Ĭaution: the Z-Vibe is NOT a toy. The plastic options are sturdy, affordable, easy-to-clean, and colorfully kid-friendly.
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