Re: a couple more questions to Amy

May 14, 2003

Amy,

Ava is a doll. She looks like she would benefit from helmet therapy.

I would go with an active band STAR or DOC. My son has been in a

passive style helmet since January 2, with little to no improvement.

If I could go back in time I would opt for the active band b/c he

would have been round by now (since we started at 4 months, which is

considered early). Now, he is 8 months and we will probably pursue an

active band with months more of head shaping. SIGH!!!!!!! There are

two other babies in his daycare with plagio (undiagnosed of course)

and his best friend in daycare has tort. This is out of only 12

babies! As more and more babies are diagnosed and treated, more

studies will follow on speech delays and tort. For now we can all

report our findings to the survey section of this board and come up

with some findings on our own. As for " What happens if untreated

question? " I am a teacher (elementary) and there are some odd shaped

heads in our grade this year. Two boys have flat heads. Their hair

cannot cover the obvious brachy. They remind me evryday why we

continue with the helmet.

Anyway, welcome to the group. You have joined a very nice group of

people who love their babies, and love to help in anyway possible.

Brest of luck with your decision.

and Adam U of M helmet

> > Thank you for your response!

> > Interesting...currently, Ava's ears and

> > cheeks are not even. Also, I happen to be a speech

> > pathologist with

> > TMJ. I don't want Ava to have to deal with either

> > issue. Do you

> > know what kind of speech problems can untreated kids

> > experience? Is

> > this due to jaw misalignment?

> > Amy

> > -Herp

> >

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