Book Reviews

Very helpful and quick response time. I appreciated the time and effort put in to my request. I was provided with excellent resources and a wonderful experience over all. Would highly reccomend.

Recommended for SLP’s who would like to deepen their knowledge about tongue tie.

I obviously did not know your mother, but as I’m sure you are already aware, her name definitely lives on. Her name is brought up and spoken so highly of in every tongue-tie related course that I take.

This book allowed us to make an informed decision for the treatment of our son. Definitely a must read for all parents, wish we had found this book a lot sooner. Thank you!

Fabulous book! I use it to help patients understand the importance of a tongue tie for normal function and recommend all my students to purchase it.

Good resource information. Tethered tongues effect your life more than you can imagine. Having my tether released at age 65 has been the best thing I have ever done to improve my health. Tether release is not just about babies and breast feeding anymore. As a restorative dentist, looking for tethered tongues and the problems they cause has drastically change how I practice dentistry.

This is a great book. I highly recommend this book to all dental professionals, SLPs, & orofacial myologists.

Thank you so much for this website! I’ve thoroughly read and shared it with friends and family. I’ve been struggling to convince my pediatrician that my daughter has tongue tie, I feel confident now that I’ve become more knowledgeable in this subject and wanted to extend my gratitude. My daughter is almost 5 months only and I’ve requested to have her tongue snipped since her first appointment at 2 weeks of age. After a short debate with the doctor he finally agreed to request the procedure. About one week later it was denied because her weight wasn’t significantly lower than the average baby her age. On her 2 month checkup I requested again, she’s now at 35% on the growth chart. . .again “doctor and insurance don’t see reason for surgery”. I spent the day in the doctor’s office on Friday to learn that she’s now in the 5% range on the growth chart. I’m still waiting for approval for surgery to help my poor baby latch on properly. Thank God she’s happy and according to her doctor “perfectly healthy”. I just wanted to thank you for spending the time to create this website, I’ll be printing several pages to give…

This book connected everything for me. It is a terrific book. I wish Carmen knew how much people are using this book for better of helping patients. She was terrific. I am so glad it was printed. It’s all I needed to put everything for tongue-ties. Awesome read. Thank you,

“Tongue tie – from Confusion to Clarity is an extremely valuable resource in the management of tongue tie (ankyloglossia). Speech pathologists, general practitioners, paediatricians, dentists, early childhood nurses and others encountering tongue tie will benefit from this comprehensive guide to the condition’s history, assessment, surgery and therapy. It includes case studies and clear pictures to aid in assessment and treatment as well as the Tongue Tie Assessment Protocol (TAP). As a speech pathologist and parent of an infant with a tongue tie, this book has been very useful as I considered and undertook surgery and in the follow up therapy to establish normal tongue movements for feeding and speech. I can highly recommend Carmen’s book to other professionals who encounter children who may have tongue tie.”

“My adopted daughter had tongue-tie. She had trouble swallowing and couldn’t make many sounds. The author’s descriptions, background, and suggestions for talking with our doctor made the whole process much easier. Also, with a full set of tongue exercises for after the surgery, to get your child up to normal tongue use. We’re buying a second copy to donate to our public library for other families! As far as we have found, this is the ONLY book for parents out there. Our doctor had never heard of it. Fortunately it is excellent.” (As reviewed at www.amazon.com)

“Tongue tie is difficult to define, and its significance has always been contentious. Management has therefore been based on belief rather than evidence, and has varied between two extremes – to divide all obvious lingual frenula at birth, or to divide none at all… The author is well qualified and experienced. The subject deserves attention and the development of a rational approach is timely. The book is eminently readable and can be used to advantage by paediatric specialists, speech pathologists and health professionals interested in tongue tie. They may not all agree with all its content, but the author’s methods, opinions and conclusions deserve serious consideration”.  (Extract from review published in the Medical Journal of Australia, April 1999.

“This is a wonderful book about tongue-tie, its diagnosis, implications and treatment. As a parent of a child with tongue-tie and as a Speech Pathologist I have found this book interesting, educational and informative. It is ESSENTIAL READING for all Speech Pathologists working with children.” (As reviewed at www.amazon.com)

“Experienced lactation consultants are aware of the potential negative effects of tongue tie on breastfeeding, as well as its effects on speech. Written by an experienced Australian speech pathologist, this book reveals a much wider range of difficulties caused by untreated tongue tie. The book’s eight pages (31 plates) of clear colour photographs of a variety of tongue ties, their complications and postsurgical exercises would be a great asset to lactation consultants, speech pathologists, and other health professionals, making this an invaluable text for medical libraries as well.” (Extract from review published in Journal of Human Lactation, December 1998)

“An excellent guide on tongue tie and the implications it has on speech. This disorder is largely ignored by health professionals or else is dismissed as not causing difficulties. Since reading this informative book my assessment of tongue tie has become more accurate and objectively determined. This book should be a textbook for all speech and language clinicians and students as well as doctors. Congratulations Carmen for putting the spotlight on this topic.” (As reviewed at www.amazon.com)