By how much does the transcript say myofunctional therapy can reduce the apnea–hypopnea index (AHI)?

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Tongue Tie & Sleep Apnea — Myofunctional Therapy’s Missing Link

10 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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Short transcript excerpt of Hallie Bulkin describing an association between anterior tongue-tie and pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). She recommends evaluations include tongue mobility and tongue space (high-arched palate) and highlights a recent meta-analysis (on PubMed Central) reporting myofunctional therapy can reduce the apnea–hypopnea index (AHI) by about 50% in adults and often more in children, supporting interventions that improve airway and tongue posture.

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About 50% in adults (and often even more in children), according to a recent meta-analysis cited (PubMed Central).

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Supports an association between ankleoblastia tongue tie and pediatric obstructive sleep apnea osa. And so evaluations. This tells us evaluations should consider both tongue mobility, right? And a high arch palate, or in other words, tongue space, like I was talking about at the beginning of today's episode. And myofunctional therapy continues to prove its worth because a recent meta analysis in New York PMC showed that myotherapy can reduce the apnea hypopnea index by about 50% in adults and often even more in children. And that, my friends, is so important. It is huge. And it supports everything that we do to improve airway and tongue posture, like tongue position.