SHARON MOORE | FACULTY

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Sharon Moore is a Speech Pathologist and Myofunctional Practitioner, with 38 years clinical experience across a wide range of communication and swallowing disorders. She has worked in diverse clinical settings in Australia and London.

Currently, she runs a Private Practice in Canberra, servicing referrals from medical and dental specialists, for patients of all ages. She is on the transdisciplinary team for the Canberra Sleep Clinic. The integration of Orofacial Myofunctional principles into traditional Speech Pathology work allows a unique approach to managing disorders of the upper airway, including: breathing, swallowing, chewing, phonation, resonance speech airway related sleep disorders.

Sharon has a special interest in early identification of craniofacial growth anomalies in non-syndromic children, airway obstruction in sleep disorders and concomitant orofacial dysfunctions. Recently, acknowledgement of the role of myofunctional therapy in management of sleep disorders, hails a new era of relevance for work in the upper airway, and affirmation of her chosen clinical direction. She believes that here has never been a more important time for medical and dental colleagues to work as a team with significant health morbidities of sleep disorders in all ages now widely known.

Well Spoken Speech Pathology and Orofacial Myofunctional services in Kingston, Canberra, Australia, are committed to providing best practice assessment, diagnosis and treatment for patients of all ages. Patients are referred by ENT Specialists, Paediatricians, GPs, Orthodontists, Dentists, Osteopaths and Allied Health Professionals.wellspoken.com.au