These skills include: lip/cheek/tongue awareness, lip closure, lip extension, jaw stability and grading, tongue and jaw dissociation, tongue elevation, tongue retraction and protrusion, tongue lateralization, and a tongue bowl. The Z-Vibe provides a safe and effective way to work on the oral motor skills necessary to make speech sounds and to manage food. Because they’re hollow, the Bite Tube Tips are also recommended for those with a weak bite. And the Bite Tube Tips can be used with real foods for functional biting/chewing practice. The Animal Tips can be used to practice mouthing, biting, chewing, and jaw grading and stability. These tips are available in extra long (XL) versions that can reach all the way to the back molar area. Use the Z-Vibe with Bite-n-Chew Tips to develop and improve the oral motor skills necessary for feeding, including a sustained bite, rhythmic chewing, jaw strength and stability, and more. Use the Z-Vibe with the friendly Animal Tips and/or the Popette Tip with a lollipop in order to spark attention and increase participation in therapy. Or, use the ears of the Animal Tips to feed and allow the individual to mouth the tips and explore their various textures and shapes. ![]() Use these tips with the Z-Vibe in order to gradually introduce new textures during feeding. The Textured Spoon Tips have a textured surface on the back side of the spoon. Transition from Puréed to Textured Foods: While it is mostly used inside the oral cavity, it can also be used outside the mouth on the cheeks, neck, and arms for additional feedback. This oral input can help decrease self-biting or chewing on one’s hands, shirts, pencils, etc. 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 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 is particularly effective.ĭecrease Oral Sensitivities and Food/Texture Aversions: Its gentle vibration will 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. 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). Recommended for individuals of all ages and abilities under the guidance of a therapist or a trained caregiver ![]() The Z-Vibe® Measures approximately 6.5″ in length and less than half of an inch in diameter Made in the USA out of medical grade quality, FDA compliant materials The handle (excluding the tip) measures about 4.67″ in length and less than ½ an inch in diameter. ![]() If the individual loses the tongue bowl, you can easily turn back to the Fine Tip again. Use the Fine Tip to stimulate a tongue bowl for feeding, and then quickly turn to the Spoon Tip for feeding. For example, attach a Fine Tip to one end and a Spoon Tip to the other. ![]() The Switch Tip can also be replaced with another tip in order to use two tips simultaneously. Turn the unit on/off by twisting the Switch Tip at the opposite end. The end with the Probe Tip is sealed off from the internal components so that no water, moisture, or saliva can enter from that end while working in the mouth. Its sleek, innovative design features a lightweight hand piece with a tip on either end. The Z-Vibe is a vibratory oral motor device specifically engineered to improve a variety of speech, feeding, and sensory skills. The unit comes with a special Vibe Battery not available in stores. Kit includes: 1 plastic DnZ-Vibe, 1 Probe Tip, 1 Preefer Tip, 1 Mini Tip and a spare parts Kit for the Z-Vibe, all in a handy Carry Case.
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