My parents arent willing to pay for it because it isnt covered by insurance and is too much money. What are some exercises i can do to cure it? I have had it since i was 4. HELP!
2006-11-17 11:57:09 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Good for you for wanting to improve your speech! How old are you? If you are school age you should be able to receive services there for free. As students get older, they typically are tired of working on speech sounds and may be dismissed from therapy, so if you approach your teacher or school speech therapist, be sure to let them know that you are bothered by your 's' sounds and let them know that you are willing to put forth the effort to improve it because it's not something that will happen overnight. I would highly recommend this option! Also, if you have any colleges in your area with speech therapy programs, many of them offer free services from the students. You might want to check into that!
If you do not want to go the school therapist route and want to try yourself, you first need to determine what kind of lisp you have. Is your tongue coming out between the front of your teeth when you say 's' (fronal lisp) or is the air coming out the sides of your teeth (lateral lisp)?
If your tongue is coming through the front of your teeth practice closing your teeth all the way (look in a mirror to be sure) and practice the 's' sound in isolation. Once it sounds/looks a little better try easy words that have 's' in them then try some sentences. Start out slow and try to say tham faster as you feel more comfortable. Try reading books out loud to yourself using the new correct placement. It is something that you will have to think about for a while, but if you practice long enough it will become more natural.
If you have a lateral lisp (air coming out the sides), try mushing some chewing gum between your molars so the air is forced out the front of your mouth. If that doesn't work try putting a straw between the front of your teeth and make the 's' with the air flowing out of the straw. If that doesn't work try making a 't' sound immediately followed by an 's'...it gets the air started flowing in the right direction. Once you achieve proper production, build up as you did before, words, sentences, reading, etc.
Hope this helps, if not feel free to e-mail me with any problems or concerns!
2006-11-20 14:05:57 · answer #1 · answered by oosunglasses00 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They did 4 years ago that is for sure, my son was dribbling (gross I know) and he was four year old Anyway he went to speech therapist and did different excises, and he was fine, So what with all the cut backs I sure hope they still do it today.
2016-03-19 10:20:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋