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Baby tongue tie..
My baby is 10 months old...is tongue tie problem for speech...can it be corrected?? What can be done...can it be corrected after 2 years???
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It can be corrected.
But,first wait for the child's speech
It's not that every tongue tie has to be corrected. Only if the pt has difficulty in speaking,it shud be corrected.
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It's better to be corrected before I year or before child develops proper speech with tongue using alphabet phonation
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yes. it can be corrected. wait till he starts speaking
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It can be corrected
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Dr. Apoorva Shakti Nigam
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
13 yrs exp
Bhopal
Wait and watch till he speaks.It can be corrected later too.
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Dr. Chirag Yashlaha
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
9 yrs exp
Indore
Yes my frd, it can be corrected. Very small procedure
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Dr. Ankit Mishra
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
9 yrs exp
Bhopal
It can be corrected but u cannot decide at 10month age that it's actually creating a problem in speech or not.
Wait and watch no intervention needed at present
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Dr. Geetmoni Deka Pathak
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
24 yrs exp
Guwahati
Yes it can be corrected.
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