My Thoughts:

In this blog you should learn all that it is to know about lisping. I have inserted pictures, videos, even individual posts inorder to help you, the reader, to better understand everything it is to know about this speech impairment. This is a very interesting topic and I am pretty sure... well I am more than positive that after reading this blog you will take away atleast one thing that you did not know or you will gain a better understanding of what you thought you already knew. I have many goals for this blog or in other words things that I would like my readers to understand after reading this post. First, I would hope that my readers grasp a better understanding of lisping, second I hope you, the reader, understand that lisping maybe simple to you but to those who have this impairment it is much more and third, you the reader should take this matter seriously and not laugh or make that person with the impairment feel anything but uncomfortable. After reading my blog I would hope that if given a test each reader could atleast answer these three basic questions: 1. What is a lisp 2. What causes lisping and 3. List one assumption made by people when referring to lisping.

A lithp is just a lisp

1. A speech defect characterized by mispronunciation of the sounds "s" and "z" but instead "th" 2. To speak with a lisp

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Basic Overview

In this blog I have taken it upon myself to give a quick outline of what you may read in this blog:

1. What is a lisp?

A speech inpediment also known as sigmatism.


2. Ways to cure lisping:

- Speech training
(Visit your local Speech Pathologist)
- Practice, practice practice
(eg. Practice until the "sh" sound is replaced by the proper "s" sound)
- Read aloud to yourself which might help you RELAX and gain CONFIDENCE in yourself. Look at it this way gaining confidence in yourself is one of the essential factors of speaking publicly.


3. Assumptions:

Many people believe that:
- Because of a longer tongue that is the cause of lisping.
- If they do not learn to pronounce all consonants properly by the age of 5 or 6, they will never master the articulation properly.
- It makes it hard for people to take them seriously (because they notice the lisp).
- It has something to do with your teeth.
- If a man has a lisp he's gay
- It may be because of the autism spectrum of the brain.


4. Causes of having a lisp:

- Being afraid to speak in public
- Becoming stressed knowing that you have a speaking problem
- Gaining a since of feeling uncomfortable or tense
- Tearing up/Crying
- Worrying about what people think
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Who Does This Speech Impairment Effect:

Who Does This Speech Impairment Effect:
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