MomA
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Post by MomA on Feb 28, 2004 14:15:52 GMT -5
(Not sure if this is the right forum, so excuse me if I'm off.)
I've been thinking about my son's speaking lately. His voice is one of the things that makes him a little different from other kids.
He just turned 7, but he often sounds like he's 3. He has a superior vocabulary and perfect sentence structure. There's no lisp or trouble pronouncing anything. The difference is all in the pitch and tone and speed with which he talks, and I don't even know if those things can be worked on.
Does anyone know if this is actually a problem or just something he'll outgrow as his voice changes? And if it is a problem, is there anything that helps modify it?
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Post by Honeysmom on Feb 28, 2004 15:11:50 GMT -5
I don't know if he will out grow it, but it may be worth talking to a speech and language therapist about. My nephew is 6 and he stutters and they are working with him on that. My SIL said they try to make him talk slower and do other exercises. She said it seems to be helping.
At least if it is checked out then you can feel better and not wonder about it. I'd check with his school, they should be able to help him out on that.
Good Luck...Becky
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Post by finnmom on Feb 28, 2004 16:05:45 GMT -5
MomA  I´am not shure that he needs a speech-therapist, but you could sheck it out. exspecially if you learn that there is some teasing because of this. If you can notice the difference, so can his classmate´s and you know how cruell kid´s can be. And of course if he´s annoied because of it, then you should make an appointment to speech-therapist. Good luck! Marja |
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Post by Linda on Feb 28, 2004 18:13:33 GMT -5
I am thinking if there is a problem his teacher should have said something to you...or do you home school? |
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MomA
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Post by MomA on Feb 29, 2004 13:41:32 GMT -5
Thanks all. I think I will mention it to his teacher. We have regular report cards/parent-teacher conferences this week anyway. I just hate to bring attention to something when no one else may have noticed it. I really can't even say it's a problem.
But, I have heard other kids a few times smile and say "You sound funny when you say that." They're not saying it meanly, but they are noticing, and I don't want it to become a problem.
I've had little old ladies follow us in the grocery store just to listen to him because he sounds "Soooo cute." At least they like it. And he *never* stops talking, so they get lots of time to hear it.
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Post by LitlBaa on Feb 29, 2004 18:40:29 GMT -5
My DD eventually slowed down somewhat and her voice did get lower in pitch, I think she was in sixth grade then. I can tell when she hasn't taken her meds now because that voice comes back. AARRGGHH!
I would think some kind of speech therapy could have him focus on slowing down when he's talking, and change his pitch as well. Don't actors go to classes to learn to speak differently?
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Madison
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Post by Madison on Feb 29, 2004 21:17:12 GMT -5
hI,
Both my kids did speech class in school like 2 times a week. They LOVED it!! Basically 1st and 2nd grade then they were out of the class. They had trouble with 's' tanwich (sandwich) tooff (tooth). Speech class works also with problem you have described. My friends boy has a funny sounding voice and they work with him on correcting this problem. Usually school is right on to ANY speech problems. Look into it at school I KNOW they will help and my kids LOVED SPEECH CLASS. They do all kinds of COOL learning games with rewards so it was total.....FUN!!
madison
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Post by rosyred45 on Mar 1, 2004 10:31:17 GMT -5
I was worried about Mikey and his speech. He also has a good vocab and sentence structure, but the mucsles in his throat is what the speech teacher said to practice with.
He mumbles, and growing up (and still now) Tara-his siter will repeat for him. I can't stand it. We do tell him to repeat it again since "parrot-girl" was trying to help.
A couple of things the teacher said was to drink from a straw. Having to use the suction will help to develop muscles in the throat. Stand on one end of a hall and LA LA LA LA LA LA, like you were singing in an opera.
Stuff like that. One thing she did say was to just practice saying the letters of the alphabet. Sound kinda simple, but the ennunciating when the letters are separate will have a dramitic effect when the letters are all put together.
Have a good day
Kaiti
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Post by jdmom on Mar 2, 2004 15:15:02 GMT -5
Jarrett had trouble with his L's. (ex. Liz was yiz, light was yight) None of his teachers ever said anything to me about it. All of the kids were evaluated by the speech therapists at school and they always said Jarrett's speech was fine. It started to bother him, though. His cousins would ask him to say L words just to hear him, and they didn't make fun of him, but it bothered him.
I spoke to the speech therapist at school and she said Jarrett's speech was not bad enough to pull out of class for therapy, UNLESS I specifically wrote a letter to the school requesting it. So that's what I did, and Jarrett went to the speech therapist twice a week during kindergarten. He loved it! He didn't need to go back this year, so I didn't request it. He speaks fine, now.
I would just ask the speech therapist at school if she/he could work with him.
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