Tongue-tie in Newborns – a History of Changing Medical Attitudes

• Authors: Tomasz Sioda , Virginia Thorley

Title variants

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Wędzidełko języka u noworodków w perspektywie historycznej

Abstracts

PL

Niniejszy artykuł o charakterze historycznym omawia zmiany w opiniach na temat krótkiego wędzidełka języka (ankyloglosja) na przestrzeni dwóch tysiącleci. Nagły wzrost zainteresowania od 1990 roku wpływem krótkiego wędzidełka języka na funkcjonowanie języka podczas karmienia piersią i w okresie rozwoju mowy odnowił historyczne kontrowersje we współczesnych uwarunkowaniach. Cechą charakterystyczną było i jest nadal utrzymywanie się różnic w opiniach różnych zawodów medycznych, i w ich obrębie, oraz laików na temat znaczenia krótkiego wędzidełka języka w okresie niemowlęcym, wskazań do jego podcięcia, a także kto powinien ten zabieg wykonać i w jakich warunkach. Rozważamy również przypuszczalne przyczyny krańcowych rozbieżności opinii oraz trudności związane z oczekiwaniami co do wsparcia klinicznych rekomendacji dowodami na odpowiednim poziomie.

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This historical article discusses changes in opinions about tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) over two millennia. The sudden surge in interest, since 1990, in the impact of tongue-tie on tongue functions during breastfeeding and during speech development has renewed the historical controversies in contemporary terms and circumstances. a feature has been, and continues to be, the persistence of differences of opinion between and within the various medical professions and laypeople about the significance of tongue-tie in infancy, the indications for its division, and who should perform this procedure and under what conditions. We also consider presumed reasons for frequently extreme divergences of opinions in the historical span, and the difficulty of expecting clinical recommendations to be supported by evidence at the accepted level.

Keywords

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frenotomy; history of medicine; lingual frenulum; tongue-tie

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frenotomia; historia medycyny; wędzidełko językowe; krótkie wędzidełko języka

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Logopedyczne
• Journal: Logopedia
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 21-45

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Tomasz Sioda

• https://orcid.org/0000000227714172

author

Virginia Thorley

• Honorary Research Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

• https://orcid.org/0000000213055612

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DOI

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