is making a quick rasberry with lips a vocal or motor tic?

[rysmom58]

Hi,

my son does this quick thing where he make a quick rasberry (no vocal sounds) just the rasberry sound from the air going through his lips. Is this considered a vocal tic or a motor tic?

[P_Mom]

Any sound requiring air is a vocal tic, so, the raspberry is a vocal.

[guy123]

How often does he do it? I do that to help blow off steam when I'm stressed out or annoyed (which is quite often, lol).

[rysmom58]

How often does he do it? I do that to help blow off steam when I'm stressed out or annoyed (which is quite often, lol).

He used to do it all the time and now just once in a while. I'm trying to figure out if he has motor and vocal tics or just motor tics (for when i talk to dr.). In the past year or two he has only had motor tics except for the rasberry one and that was out during the spring/summer and now is only once in a great while.

[Chemar]

Hi

here is some general info on Tourette tics that may be helpful to you

 

http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/tourette_primer.htm

 

chart of tic types

http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/Files/CommonTics.PDF

 

it sounds like a vocal tic, but in truth one really has to see (or hear) first hand to be sure