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What a Significant Airway Obstruction Actually Looks Like

8 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this solo YouTube presentation, Hallie Bulkin argues that a large proportion—potentially 40‑60%—of children enrolled in feeding therapy programs have a significant airway obstruction that is routinely missed. She explains that traditional feeding therapy education focuses almost exclusively on oral motor, sensory, and swallow mechanics, neglecting the airway above the mouth and the postural support below it. Bulkin stresses that recognizing and referring these airway issues can dramatically improve feeding therapy outcomes, and she hints that her own course provides the missing curriculum to address this gap.

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What if 40, 50, I don't know, 60% of your feeding kids also have a significant airway obstruction? What if, right? And what if you could identify that and then refer it out appropriately and actually see your feeding therapy outcomes shift completely? Okay, and this is not hypothetical. This is what I actually see clinically, and I want you to see it too. Okay, so let's just jump through like why this happens first, because I think understanding the why helps you take action differently. So feeding therapy training, right, historically it's mouth, it's focused on the mouth, and you learn about oral motor skills, tongue placement, swallow mechanics, sensory processing, like all the things that are super important. Those are all crucial pieces of the puzzle, but the system that that mouth sits in, the airway above it, the postural support below it, and arguably, well, yeah, mostly below it, right? Those don't always make it into that foundational curriculum unless you take my course.