Talk:Ankyloglossia

2006 comments
"There is a fifteen year old girl in Wisconsin, that has lived with her tongue tied, never clipped, that has experienced slight to no speech impediments." I'm sixteen and I just got the correction done.. does that mean I can be in the article? (No speech impediments, either) --71.242.116.39 04:57, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't see why not.


 * Removed "There is a fifteen year old girl in Wisconsin, that has lived with her tongue tied, never clipped, that has experienced slight to no speech impediments. This is also amazing as neither of her parents have any family history of this disease.  She hopes that there will be ongoing studies into why this disease occurs, but as of right now, all she can do is hope." because it was anecdotal. Aeonite

2009
Ankyloglossia can also cause recession of the inner bottom gumline, since the elongated frenulum tugs at the gum. Can this be put in the article somewheres? 132.162.208.52 (talk) 01:10, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Im 26, togue-tied, I have never had my tongue clipped and have no speech problems what so ever. Should I be famous?--173.8.11.34 (talk) 20:18, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * To be mentioned in Wikipedia you need to reference an article in some other publication. Maybe you could do a proper study and get it published in some sort of medical journal.  But from the article, it seems that it's quite common for someone with the condition to have no speech problems.  Mcavic (talk) 04:18, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Names of researchers
We need to lose the names of academics which are littering this article. They are not encyclopedic, perhaps beyond a few historical persons of note, usually the person who first described the condition, or other "landmark" individuals associated with the condition. Lesion ( talk ) 18:57, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Steinbeck and his aunt
John Steinbeck, in his novel East of Eden which has autobiographical elements, relates how his aunt, as a child, had a speech impediment. Her elder brother cured it by slitting her frenulum with his pen-knife. True? Who knows? But such an odd incident in his story, may well be based on fact. So much else of the book is. 121.44.139.56 (talk) 21:54, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Treatment and opposition to frenotomy
The section starts with a reference to Horton et al and further down provides opposition to a certain type of treatment. From the article: "However, authors such as Horton et al. are in opposition to it." The reference given is a paper from 1969. Given the fact that newer literature supporting the treatment is available and used in the article I suggest either putting Horton et al into historical context or removing it altogether. --Millbart (talk) 09:47, 21 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Totally agree. Betty (talk) 12:41, 20 November 2021 (UTC)