Guest guest Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 --My Daughter has an issue using the back of her throat to talk and we started having her drink thick liquids through a straw to build muscle like yogurt, pudding, apple sauce ect. and we have seen a difference so maybe try doing that for a while. - In , " jkmart_24 " <LiisaAnn@...> wrote: > > It seems like my son is only using the front of his mouth to make his > words. The parts of words and sounds that need the back of the throat, > he doesn't seem to be doing. I've just tuned into this. I am > wondering if this is something other kids are doing too. I mean is > this characteristic of apraxia? > > He has an appointment to see an ENT in January,because I think his > adenoinds are swollen. I wonder if the adenoids could interfere with > his speech... > > His breathing at night had totally gotten better when I put him back on > his fish oil and vit e supplements, but now after two weeks of that, it > is returning, the problems/apnea. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 --My Daughter has an issue using the back of her throat to talk and we started having her drink thick liquids through a straw to build muscle like yogurt, pudding, apple sauce ect. and we have seen a difference so maybe try doing that for a while. - In , " jkmart_24 " <LiisaAnn@...> wrote: > > It seems like my son is only using the front of his mouth to make his > words. The parts of words and sounds that need the back of the throat, > he doesn't seem to be doing. I've just tuned into this. I am > wondering if this is something other kids are doing too. I mean is > this characteristic of apraxia? > > He has an appointment to see an ENT in January,because I think his > adenoinds are swollen. I wonder if the adenoids could interfere with > his speech... > > His breathing at night had totally gotten better when I put him back on > his fish oil and vit e supplements, but now after two weeks of that, it > is returning, the problems/apnea. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 That's us. My daughter refuses to make the G and K sounds. The therpaist says those are made with the throat muscles. Our therpaist has us trying to make these sounds with a work out ball. > > It seems like my son is only using the front of his mouth to make his > words. The parts of words and sounds that need the back of the throat, > he doesn't seem to be doing. I've just tuned into this. I am > wondering if this is something other kids are doing too. I mean is > this characteristic of apraxia? > > He has an appointment to see an ENT in January,because I think his > adenoinds are swollen. I wonder if the adenoids could interfere with > his speech... > > His breathing at night had totally gotten better when I put him back on > his fish oil and vit e supplements, but now after two weeks of that, it > is returning, the problems/apnea. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 My son is the same way. He can make almost all the sounds of the alphabet now except the G and K. What is interesting though is I remember at the beginning of this year, when he was non verbal and we had never heard of Apraxia, he went through a phase of saying ga ga ga all the time. It was like it felt good to him or something. Then he completely lost G. He did the same with M and N. He has gotten M back but N is still hard for him to do on purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 That's us. My daughter refuses to make the G and K sounds. The therpaist says those are made with the throat muscles. Our therpaist has us trying to make these sounds with a work out ball. > > It seems like my son is only using the front of his mouth to make his > words. The parts of words and sounds that need the back of the throat, > he doesn't seem to be doing. I've just tuned into this. I am > wondering if this is something other kids are doing too. I mean is > this characteristic of apraxia? > > He has an appointment to see an ENT in January,because I think his > adenoinds are swollen. I wonder if the adenoids could interfere with > his speech... > > His breathing at night had totally gotten better when I put him back on > his fish oil and vit e supplements, but now after two weeks of that, it > is returning, the problems/apnea. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 My son is the same way. He can make almost all the sounds of the alphabet now except the G and K. What is interesting though is I remember at the beginning of this year, when he was non verbal and we had never heard of Apraxia, he went through a phase of saying ga ga ga all the time. It was like it felt good to him or something. Then he completely lost G. He did the same with M and N. He has gotten M back but N is still hard for him to do on purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 My daughter was unable to make the K & G sounds. I thought she'd never be able to do it. We concentrated on K 1st. We had her pretend to cough. we called it " The Coughing sound " . The ST also told us to model it for her, without pressuring her to do it. When she attempted to, we rewarded the attempt with praise. Slowly, but surely, she got it. then was able to put it into words. She still replaces her K sounds with T, occasionally, but we remind her by saying the word, and asking her if she hears the K sound. She'll usually correct herself. she has moved to saying the K sounds by herself about 60% of the time without us having to remind her. It took about 4-5 months to get her to this point. Aubrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 My daughter was unable to make the K & G sounds. I thought she'd never be able to do it. We concentrated on K 1st. We had her pretend to cough. we called it " The Coughing sound " . The ST also told us to model it for her, without pressuring her to do it. When she attempted to, we rewarded the attempt with praise. Slowly, but surely, she got it. then was able to put it into words. She still replaces her K sounds with T, occasionally, but we remind her by saying the word, and asking her if she hears the K sound. She'll usually correct herself. she has moved to saying the K sounds by herself about 60% of the time without us having to remind her. It took about 4-5 months to get her to this point. Aubrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 my grandson and son both had speech delays and they are aspies !!!!! one size does not fit all !!!!! Wags! Wags! Wags! Lowry "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." Author Ben From: towtruckgal@...Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:46:31 +0000Subject: ( ) Speech question We have an "unofficial" aspbergers diagnosis. Through my reading and research I have read several times that kids with Aspbergers DO NOT have speech delays. My son did, however, he fits the other "criteria" for Aspbergers to a T! I am not sure if his speech delay was due to his Aspbergers or due to the fact he has an overbite (his pediatrician told us a long long time ago that he would need braces on his teeth when he got older). I was wondering if anyone else here had speech delay problems. Once he started talking, we cant shut him up now! LOL! His vocabulary is off the charts acording to his school! Express yourself with free Messenger emoticons. Get them today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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