Z-Vibe Vibrating Oral Motor Tool

The Z-Vibe is a vibratory oral motor tool that can help build oral tone and improve a variety of speech, feeding, and sensory skills.

ITEM#	PRODUCT NAME	AVAILABILITY	QTY/ACTIONS
74298	Z-Vibe Oral Motor Tool, Lavender Handle Excluded from Promotions	In Stock	Quantity
74299	Z-Vibe Oral Motor Tool, Magenta Handle Excluded from Promotions	In Stock	Quantity
74300	Z-Vibe Oral Motor Tool, Royal Blue Handle Excluded from Promotions	In Stock	Quantity

Product Description

Use Z-Vibe to provide a varied sensory experience and/or to provide targeted tactile cues within the oral cavity. Its gentle vibration provides a new level of sensory stimulation to increase oral focus and draw more attention to the lips, tongue, cheeks, and jaw. Vibration can also be very calming, soothing, and organizing.

The sleek, innovative design features a lightweight, plastic handpiece with gentle bumps around its circumference for a non-slip grip. This texture can also be brushed along the cheeks, arms, hands, etc. for additional tactile input. The handle comes with a blue Probe Tip on one end and a Switch Tip on the other. Use the Probe Tip for oral motor assessment and development. This end of the handle is sealed off from the internal components so that no saliva, water, or moisture can compromise the unit from that end. To turn the unit on, simply twist the Switch Tip at the opposite end of the handle just until the unit starts to vibrate (please do not over-tighten!). This end of the handle is open so that you can easily replace the battery when necessary.

Measures approximately 6.5" in length and less than half of an inch in diameter. Constructed from medical grade materials that are FDA compliant and contain no lead, phthalates, PVC, or BPA. Not made with natural latex rubber.

Caution: the Z-Vibe is NOT a toy. It is a therapeutic tool intended to be used by a professional therapist (or by parents trained by their therapist). It contains small parts (including a battery) that may pose a choking hazard: direct adult supervision is required at all times.

Specifications

Assembly Required	No

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Product Use

Product Use/Directions	Increase Oral Awareness: The Z-Vibe is highly recommended for individuals with hyposensitivities and low oral tone. Its gentle vibration will increase oral awareness and provide much needed proprioceptive input to the lips, cheeks, tongue, and jaw. For sensory-seekers who crave oral stimulation, massaging the gums with the Brush Tips is particularly effective. Decrease Oral Sensitivities and Food/Texture Aversions: The Z-Vibe is also recommended for hypersensitive individuals. In these cases, vibration as well as the various scents/textures of the tips can gradually desensitize the mouth and decrease oral aversions and sensory defensiveness. Calm and Soothe: Vibration can be a very helpful tool for calming and organizing. The Z-Vibe's smooth vibration provides gentle sensory feedback to the lips, gums, tongue, jaw, and inside the cheek area. This oral input can help decrease self-biting or chewing on one's hands, shirts, pencils, etc. While it is mostly used inside the oral cavity, it can also be used outside the mouth on the cheeks, neck, and arms for additional feedback. Transition from Puréed to Textured Foods: Use the ears of the Animal Tips to feed and allow the individual to mouth the tips and explore their various textures and shapes. b>Teach Biting and Chewing Skills: Use the Z-Vibe with Bite-n-Chew Tips to develop and improve the oral motor skills necessary for feeding, including a sustained bite, rhythmic chewing, jaw strength and stability, and more. The Animal Tips can be used to practice mouthing, biting, chewing, and jaw grading and stability. Develop Oral Motor Skills: The Z-Vibe provides a safe and effective way to work on the oral motor skills necessary to make speech sounds and to manage food. These skills include: lip/cheek/tongue awareness, lip closure, lip extension, jaw stability and grading, tongue and jaw dissociation, tongue elevation, tongue retraction and protrusion, tongue lateralization, and a tongue bowl. Using the Z-Vibe, therapists and caregivers can target specific movements within the oral cavity - physically demonstrating where the tongue, lips, and jaw should be for each skill. Improve Oral Hygiene: Use the Brush Tips for gentle gum massage and teeth cleaning and to transition individuals into the eventual use of a regular toothbrush.

Product Use/Directions

Increase Oral Awareness:
The Z-Vibe is highly recommended for individuals with hyposensitivities and low oral tone. Its gentle vibration will increase oral awareness and provide much needed proprioceptive input to the lips, cheeks, tongue, and jaw. For sensory-seekers who crave oral stimulation, massaging the gums with the Brush Tips is particularly effective.

Decrease Oral Sensitivities and Food/Texture Aversions:
The Z-Vibe is also recommended for hypersensitive individuals. In these cases, vibration as well as the various scents/textures of the tips can gradually desensitize the mouth and decrease oral aversions and sensory defensiveness.

Calm and Soothe:
Vibration can be a very helpful tool for calming and organizing. The Z-Vibe's smooth vibration provides gentle sensory feedback to the lips, gums, tongue, jaw, and inside the cheek area. This oral input can help decrease self-biting or chewing on one's hands, shirts, pencils, etc. While it is mostly used inside the oral cavity, it can also be used outside the mouth on the cheeks, neck, and arms for additional feedback.

Transition from Puréed to Textured Foods:
Use the ears of the Animal Tips to feed and allow the individual to mouth the tips and explore their various textures and shapes.

b>Teach Biting and Chewing Skills:
Use the Z-Vibe with Bite-n-Chew Tips to develop and improve the oral motor skills necessary for feeding, including a sustained bite, rhythmic chewing, jaw strength and stability, and more. The Animal Tips can be used to practice mouthing, biting, chewing, and jaw grading and stability.

Develop Oral Motor Skills:
The Z-Vibe provides a safe and effective way to work on the oral motor skills necessary to make speech sounds and to manage food. These skills include: lip/cheek/tongue awareness, lip closure, lip extension, jaw stability and grading, tongue and jaw dissociation, tongue elevation, tongue retraction and protrusion, tongue lateralization, and a tongue bowl. Using the Z-Vibe, therapists and caregivers can target specific movements within the oral cavity - physically demonstrating where the tongue, lips, and jaw should be for each skill.

Improve Oral Hygiene:
Use the Brush Tips for gentle gum massage and teeth cleaning and to transition individuals into the eventual use of a regular toothbrush.

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