Oral Motor Institute

The Oral Motor Institute (OMI) is established to publish monographs demonstrating the evidence base of oral sensory and motor techniques for articulation, motor speech, and feeding treatment. Its mission is to contribute to the field of speech-language-hearing science by expanding knowledge about the sensory and motor components of articulation, motor speech, and feeding development, disorders, assessment, and treatment. Robyn Merkel-Walsh serves as Board Chair.

The OMI was founded in 2007 by Pam Marshalla, MA, CCC-SLP, and Diane Bahr, MS, CCC-SLP, CMT, CIMI. In 2014, Robyn Merkel-Walsh was nominated Board Chair and has worked collaboratively with the Board to produce research compendiums, professional alignments, and updated resources for training and research.

"Pam, my mentor and friend, left me a very important job to oversee. I want to assure all OMI subscribers that I have been working diligently to carry on Pam's work and contributions to our field." — Robyn