topic Re: Lisp in Wellness

Lisp

nana59 — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:47:42 GMT

my 9 year-old grandson has a lisp.....difficulty with "s." worries me....thought he would grow out of it by now....his parents have never said anything about it....good parents....excellent school school system....other grandmother was a kindergarten teacher....i've been waiting for someone to say something about it.....i'm afraid about the reaction i will get if i bring it up.....anybody ever been in this situation....

Re: Lisp

blackhole99 — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:00:57 GMT

My son had a lisp and when he was in the 2nd grade, the teacher noticed it and referred him to the schools speech therapist. The ST evaluated him and gave us a work book to work on with him at home. My son wasn't even a quarter way through the work book and he lost the lisp. Turns out some kids just start out lisping and unless someone calls it to their attention they just continue the lazy talk. My son told me he did not like being called out of class to work with the ST and that's why he started to be mindful not to lisp.

Re: Lisp

Kachina624 — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:03:50 GMT

I would privately and quietly discuss this with the child's parents and suggest they ask his teacher if she thinks it's a problem. School districts have speech pathologists who work with children to correct speech deficiencies.

Re: Lisp

Carmie — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:04:56 GMT

My youngest son had a lisp too. He got braces on his teeth. Once they were straightened out, his lisp was gone.

Sometimes a lisp is due to the placement of the teeth and tongue and braces can straighten out problems. Often a speech therapist can be of help. My nephew had to go that route. He got speech therapy in school.

And some children just grow out it as they get older.

If you bring it up, I would gently and casually mention it to your adult child when their spouse and grandson is not there. Maybe they are aware and were advised to wait or maybe he is getting speech therapy in school or are waiting until he is older to get braces.

You don't want to get in the middle of things and cause issues. I wouldn't offer advice, only concern. Mention it once, then forget it.

Re: Lisp

azgal — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:38:48 GMT

My son had a slight lisp too. His braces fixed the problem. I guess it would depend on what is causing the lisp.

Re: Lisp

Snowpuppy — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:52:06 GMT

I had both a lisp and stuttered in elementary school. Grew out of both. Don't recall when but by 6th grade they were gone.

Never saw a therapist and never had braces.

Re: Lisp

SeaMaiden — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:58:45 GMT

In elementary school I went to speech therapy for awhile. I do not remember what the issue was.....or why there was a concern. I just remember going to the class. It is good to catch things when a child is young to turn the issue around and correct things when the brain is growing.

Re: Lisp

software — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:55:19 GMT

The host Mary has a lisp or some sort of speech impediment. She sounds like she talks through a straw. Can't watch her. I've seen many people lately who speak for a living with some sort of speech impediment. it's usually an easy fix, I don't know why people don't talk properly.

Unless there is something physically wrong with his mouth, it could go away on it's own, or a little therapy can't hurt.

Re: Lisp

BirkiLady — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 02:58:58 GMT

@software Not all speech impediments "are easy fixes". You need to educate yourself. Sometimes, it a life-long process; other times, the therapy only goes so far; and sometimes there is no "fix". Go easy on the hosts who have worked diligently with their speech therapists over the years. I'm sure it hasn't been an easy life for them . . . or anyone else with a lisp or other speech impediment.

ETA: And sometimes it has to do with hearing or sight problems, as well. It may be a combination of things.

Re: Lisp

Anonymous032819 — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 02:31:08 GMT

When I was in the first grade, I had a lisp, and I worked with a speech therapist, but that didn't fix it.

I remember I had some sort of minor surgery, to remove something from under my tongue.

Lisp was gone.

Re: Lisp

twinkies — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:55:45 GMT

A lisp is not caused by laziness . I have had a lisp all my life . It never bothered me until a teacher called attention to it in the fourth grade and sent me to special classes .My mom it . was very upset and angry . I t never bothetred me and I became very self concious about it She and my dad took me out of the class . Mine was caused by a defect in that little web part under your tongue , My mom would not let the doctors cut it because she felt it wasn't necesary and would be painful . I have never been made fun of and no one has ever said anything to me about it but this t . The teacher apologized and said the government was sending money to the school and needed to fill up the speech improvement class. . My lisp is slight and its not a big thing,

cathy from ma

Re: Lisp

Anonymous032819 — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 20:14:11 GMT

@twinkies wrote:
A lisp is not caused by laziness . I have had a lisp all my life . It never bothered me until a teacher called attention to it in the fourth grade and sent me to special classes .My mom it . was very upset and angry . I t never bothetred me and I became very self concious about it She and my dad took me out of the class . Mine was caused by a defect in that little web part under your tongue , My mom would not let the doctors cut it because she felt it wasn't necesary and would be painful . I have never been made fun of and no one has ever said anything to me about it but this t . The teacher apologized and said the government was sending money to the school and needed to fill up the speech improvement class. . My lisp is slight and its not a big thing,
cathy from ma

@twinkies

That's what I had removed when I was about 6, or so.

I remember it hurting for about a day or so, but it got rid of my lisp.

Re: Lisp

Brisky — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 04:10:45 GMT

My parents sent me to a speech therapy for quite awhile in first grade. I pronounced chocolate. Like shocolate.I also couldn't pronounce my TH's properly.
Mixed up my numbers. Mild form of Dyslexia was the diagnosis. I have no problems with speech now.I still will get my numbers off occasionally. Not often.

Re: Lisp

twinkies — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:46:14 GMT

That is great that it worked . I guess my parents were suemish about it . Anyway my lisp is so slight and hardly noticeable . My parents felt it was just so unnoticeable that it was better left alone . It never bothered me.

cathy from ma

Re: Lisp

RedTop — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 17:39:02 GMT

My tongue was clipped as an infant for other reasons, but the doctor told my parents it would likely prevent speech problems later on as well.

@nana59, I am very surprised your grandson is 9, and this has not been addressed. Both my daughters were flagged for further testing due to speech issues, when I enrolled them for kindergarten. After a complete hearing exam, they were enrolled in speech therapy services 2-3x a week during their school day. I even pushed for extended year services for one daughter, which required taking her to a summer school location 2x a week, but kept her from regressing over the summer. The county must provide speech therapy services, and I made sure my daughters had the help they needed.

Re: Lisp

cowboy sam — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:23:43 GMT

Back in my day..there were not any services...for my speech problem.

Now at my old age it is more advanced as my left jaw keeps poping out of plce..same with my right jaw plus osteo arthritis.

My teeth no not ligh up properly and my dentist has been trying to help me.

I would be very hurt and upset it someone would make a comment to me....

my family and close friends have accepted me as i am...

Re: Lisp

World Traveler — Thu, 02 May 2019 01:19:41 GMT

@Kachina624 I like your suggestion.

@nana59 Any followup on what you decided to do about your grandson, if anything?

Re: Lisp

nana59 — Thu, 02 May 2019 14:52:14 GMT

@World Traveler wrote:
@Kachina624 I like your suggestion.

@nana59 Any followup on what you decided to do about your grandson, if anything?

thank you for asking....i have been dealing with a reaction to Humira....doctor told me to stop due to side affects i'm having....haven't felt well enough to address the issue...but i will.....

Re: Lisp

izziebee — Sat, 04 May 2019 18:08:37 GMT

@nana59 wrote:
@World Traveler wrote:
@Kachina624 I like your suggestion.

@nana59 Any followup on what you decided to do about your grandson, if anything?
thank you for asking....i have been dealing with a reaction to Humira....doctor told me to stop due to side affects i'm having....haven't felt well enough to address the issue...but i will.....

Hope me you feel better soon @nana59.💖

Re: Lisp

World Traveler — Sun, 05 May 2019 20:57:57 GMT

@nana59 Thanks for the response. Hope all goes well.