Airway Answers with Nicole Goldfarb: Expanding Your Breath of Knowledge

Episode 13 Airway Answers: "MARPE 360 with Dr. Jeremy Manuele: What I Wish I Knew Before My First MSE"

Nicole Goldfarb Season 1 Episode 13

Welcome to the "Airway Answers: Expanding your Breath of Knowledge" with Nicole Goldfarb, M.A. CCC, SLP- COM®.  In this episode of Airway Answers with Nicole Goldfarb, M.A., CCC-SLP, COM, the orthodontist Dr. Jeremy Manuele discussed his MARPE 360 program and what he wishes he knew before his first MSE.  If you are considering palatal expansion, this is not to be missed!

ABOUT THE HOST: 

Nicole Goldfarb, M.A. CCC, SLP- COM® is a Speech-Language Pathologist, Certified Orofacial Myologist, an International speaker, author, Ambassador for the Breathe Institute, a Talk Tools educational partner, and has served on the faculty for the Sleep Education Consortium and Airway, Sleep, and Pediatrics Pathway (ASAP) program. 

Nicole has completed over 50 presentations nationally and internationally to medical and dental professionals, graduate school residents, and the general public on orofacial myofunctional therapy as it relates to sleep-disordered breathing in both children and adults.  

She is the author of a 2023 article in Dental Sleep Practice Magazine “Why Every Dentist and Orthodontist Should Have an Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist on Their Team”.

Nicole also wrote an article for Sleep World Magazine for sleep MDs, respiratory technicians, and other sleep specialists titled “The Importance of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy in the Treatment of Sleep-Disordered Breathing”, published 8/2024.

She is also the author of a two-part chapter on orofacial myofunctional therapy in a medical textbook “Growing Into Breathing Problems: The Collaborative Quest For Lifetime Solutions” with the world renowned editors Dr. David Gozal, MD, Dr. Bill Harrell (orthodontist), and Dr. David McIntosh (ENT).  

Nicole is the author of a children’s book series “Captain Airway and Mr. Mighty Mouth”, helping to bring airway insight to young children, their parents, teachers, and other medical professionals.

She is on the Child Airway Initiative Task Force (CAST), which is a national team of doctors, dentists, and orthodontists developing a universal screening tool for all dentists to use to screen patients for sleep-disordered breathing as per the 10/2017 American Dental Association proposal that all dentists should screen all patients for sleep-disordered breathing. 

Nicole is the owner of San Diego Center For Speech Therapy & Myofunctional Therapy. She currently serves as a mentor and consultant to patients, professionals, and colleagues nationally and internationally in the field of orofacial myofunctional therapy. Nicole combines her background and skills in Psychology, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy, and Speech-Language Pathology to provide effective and result-based evaluations, therapy, consultations, and mentorship for children and adults of all ages. She has a special passion and interest in sleep-disordered breathing and diagnosing restricted frenums as they relate to myofunctional disorders. Nicole’s life-long quest is to help in the early identification and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing and airway issues. 

For more on Nicole, visit her practice: www.sandiegocenterforspeechtherapy.com. 

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