The Oral Motor Institute

NAME & CREDENTIALS (MA, CCC ETC.)	MA, CCC-SLP, COM®
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE	30
PLACE OF EDUCATION	Bachelor of the Arts, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Montclair State University, NJ Master of the Arts, Speech-Language Pathology, Montclair State University, NJ
AREAS OF SPECIALTY	Pediatric Feeding Disorders, Oral Placement Disorders, Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders, Motor Speech Disorders, Voice Disorders and Pedagogy
PUBLICATIONS	Baxter, R., Merkel-Walsh, R., Baxter, B. S., Lashley, A., & Rendell, N. R. (2020). Functional improvements of speech, feeding, and sleep after lingual frenectomy tongue-tie release: A prospective cohort study. Clinical Pediatrics, 59(9-10), 885–892. https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922820928055 Baxter, R., Merkel-Walsh, R., Lahey, L., Knutsen, C., & Zaghi, S. (2024). The buccal frenum: Trends in diagnosis and indications for treatment of buccal-ties among 466 healthcare professionals. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 51(2), 369–379. https://doi.org/10.1111/joor.13609 Merkel-Walsh, R. (2020). Orofacial myofunctional therapy with children ages 0-4 and individuals with special needs. International Journal of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy, 46(1), 22-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52010/ijom.2020.46.1.3 Merkel-Walsh, R. (2018). Functional assessment and Remediation of TOTs. Charleston, SC:TalkTools
ASSOCIATIONS	ASHA, NJSHA, IAOM, ICAP, AAPSPA, NJEA, AAPMD
ACCOLADES	Ridgefield Women in Business Award, 2018;ACE Awards, ASHA; Keynote Presenter, NYSSHLA, IAOM, ICAP; Ambassador, The Breathe Institute; Instructor, TalkTools®
WEBSITE LINK	www.robynmerkelwalsh.com
EMAIL ADDRESS	robynmerkelwalsh@gmail.com

Robyn Merkel Walsh