Did you know that up to 81% of children with speech impairments have an underlying tongue thrust causing their articulation delay? The way a child swallows impacts the development of their tongue muscle strength, control, and coordination. Children who swallow with an immature swallow or a tongue thrust swallow are not developing their tongues appropriately to be able to produce a variety of speech sounds correctly - most specifically the sounds s, z, l, t,d, n, r, sh, k, and g. If you have a