Meryl Manoukian

Biography

Kinésithérapeute (physiotherapist) and specialist in oro-maxillo-facial rehabilitation, based at the PEAS, Clinique Bel-Air, Bordeaux. France's most prominent physiotherapy educator on oro-myofunctional therapy for sleep-disordered breathing in adults and children. Her clinical and teaching work focuses on restoring correct tongue position, oro-facial muscle tone, and swallowing mechanics as a means of reducing upper airway collapsibility in OSA — a non-CPAP rehabilitation approach with growing evidence. She holds a position on the Collège National d'Occlusodontologie faculty and is an active CME trainer for adult and paediatric sleep-disordered breathing rehabilitation.