Richard Howard Barrett (June 10, 1915[1] – December 24, 1994), was an American speech-language pathologist and co-author of two early textbooks on the subject of orofacial myology: Oral Myofunctional Disorders,[2] and Fundamentals of Orofacial Myology.[3] Barrett was a founding father of the professional association that would become the International Association of Orofacial Myology, and he served as its president from 1977 to 1979.[4] In his clinical practice he treated swallowing disorders related to muscular dysfunction and trained hundreds of other clinicians in the use of his techniques.[4]

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  1. ^ Congress, The Library of. "Barrett, Richard H. (Richard Howard), 1915- - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. ^ Barrett, Richard H.; Hanson, Marvin L. (1974). Oral Myofunctional Disorders. St. Louis, MO: The C.V. Mosby Company. ISBN 0-8016-0499-0.
  3. ^ Hanson, Marvin L.; Barrett, Richard H. (1988). Fundamentals of Orofacial Myology. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. ISBN 0-398-05518-1.
  4. ^ a b Mills, Christine Stevens (2011). "International Association of Orofacial Myology History: Origin, Background, Contributors" (PDF). International Association of Orofacial Myology.