#Speech therapy

[csuitebitches]

Do you think you speak too fast/ too slow?

Here is what I learned from a speech coach.

warm up:

start this exercise by taking a deep breath and saying “aaaaah” - try to extend this to 30 seconds. Now if it doesn’t go till 30, that’s fine. Aim to work your way to that. If you can work it up to 30, go for 45/60 seconds. Do this 5 times.

next. Download an app called Metronome beats. It’s basically what singers/ musicians use for beats.

Settings: keep beats/bar as 1,

clicks/beats as 1

start at 90. It will start with a click sound and continue “beeping.”

Match your words to the beep. One beep = one word. Now slowly, increase the beat by 5 till you reach 110. Increase it at your own pace but try to spend at least 20 seconds on each number (90 for 20 seconds; 95 for 20; 100 for 20….) That’s when you stop.

either start by reading something out loud and matching the beat, or select a topic and speak freely.

do this every single day. This will help with your breath, if you’re speaking on a topic it will help you think better and improve over time. The best way to further complement this exercise is to improve your vocabulary. Try to learn 1-3 new words a day and incorporate it in your vocabulary.

This is a great tool to use when learning new languages too. You can practice your speaking skills and see how fast you can remember/ read words.

[clownrecess]

Giving nonspeaking kids and kids with difficulty using oral speech access to AAC as soon as possible needs to be normalized.

Of course you want your child to communicate, that's fine, that's GOOD. But oral speech isn't the only way to do that, and refusing to give your child a way to communicate because it isnt the form of communication you favor isn't okay.

Its OKAY if your kid never learns (or relearns) to use oral speech. ITS OKAY.

"But I put them in speech therapy to learn to talk! I don't want them to use that tablet all their life. They need to learn to talk using their mouthparts." Why??

First of all, AAC is proven to actually help people develop language skills and oftentimes oral speech. So any concern about AAC hindering development of oral speech is uncalled for and irrational. But along with that, ORAL SPEECH ISNT THE ONLY GOOD FORM OF COMMUNICATION!! AAC is good. Sign is good. Etc.

Saying otherwise and/or preferring your child to use oral speech IS ableist, and yes, it IS harmful to everyone.

[pixierainbows]

speech therapy really make Pixie so tired exhausted, especially today , not know specific why .

Pixie have so many things need be done . but . not today so much brain hurt tired .

is just watering Pixies little garden need not forget today .

is less hot today good thing . but plants still need water .

[sportsandlaughs]

[autball]

Gatekeeping communication methods = time to find a new practitioner.

[Image description: A 4 panel cartoon by Autball.

1: Two adults, one purple and one green, sit across from each other at a table and chairs in primary colors that are a bit too small for them. Purple says, “So, we’ve given it a lot of time, but speech just doesn’t seem to be coming for her. Meanwhile, I feel like a lot of her frustration comes from not being able to tell us things, so I really wanna focus on finding a better way for her to communicate with us.”

2: Same scene. Green says, “Well then you’re in the right place! We’ll do everything we can to get her communicating more effectively.”

3: Close up of Purple and Green, having a series of quick exchanges.

Purple: Great! We’ve already been trying out some signs…

Green: Oh no, that’ll discourage speech.

Purple: and I’m wondering if an AAC device might work for her…

Green: No, she’s not ready for that.

Purple: and I’ve also heard good things about Spelling to Communicate.

Green: Ha! No, that’s fake.

4: Original scene. Purple says, “So when you said you’d do everything you can…” Green replies, “Yeah, I meant speech. Just speech. Maybe some PECS along the way, but that’s just to get to speech.”]

[starshine555]

MERCURY SQUARE URANUS

I have this placement, and I’ve had to do a lot of deep diving. This one is for you guys.

Uranus shows an area of our life where we want freedom, but in order to have freedom we need to become disciplined before-hand. True freedom can only be obtained after having self-discipline. Having a square aspecting your mercury can show verbal frustration, or experiencing difficulty saying what you mean and articulating yourself. And with Mercury square Uranus, this frustration intensifies, because Uranus just wants to be free once and for all!

These people can experience a multitude of things such as: stuttering, using the wrong volume at the wrong time, feeling like they have a knot in their throat when they have something to say, saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, talking too fast, mumbling, speaking sporadically or in spurts, and so on...

Now...HERE is where I give you the solutions:

🌟start reading and writing everyday!!!

🌟do guided throat chakra meditations.

🌟talk with a pen between your teeth while reading a book.

🌟practice talking slowly.

🌟take a break from caffeine.

🌟do lip trills.

🌟Film yourself talking in front of a camera and watch yourself. What can you improve on?

🌟Try vocal toning.

🌟Observe some of the beliefs you have about your speech. Do you have a belief that you sound silly or annoying when you talk? why?

🌟 Create a self concept that is super articulate.

🌟Affirm that speaking comes easy to you, to create a neural pathway that allows your brain to obey that command. And your brain will rewire itself to speak with smoothness.

🌟Do surrender meditations. It helps to surrender to anxiety than to avoid it. The Anxiety Guy on YT has some good meditations for this.

🌟Visualize a reality where people are amazed at how well you speak.

My YouTube- Lauren Champion

[stormikitty]

Soulmate au where they switch bodies under certain circumstances. Cass saves Danny from Skulker while in Jazz's body. Jazz either gets the batfam to talk about their feelings, tells Damian and Jason that they, and Cass, are liminal, or both.

[skidtheperson]

I know I just posted, but that was random stuff

Anyways

Indigo Park, but after the events of whatever happens for all the chapters of it, Rambley gets a body and (with the help of Ed and the internet) gives his friends speech therapy to help them all speak again.

Ed first fixes Mollie's body, then Rambley starts teaching her as many words as he could, making sure she got each word down and could repeat them all well.

For Finley (no clue if he can talk or not, but for this, I'm saying he was too shy to talk), he would do the talking for him at first, then slowly but surely help him get out of his shell and have him answer questions and respond back in conversation. The first thing he had him speak back to was a simple "how are you today?".

Lloyd. He didn't want to help Lloyd, he didn't feel the lion deserved it. But Ed kept pestering him to try and make amends with him. So he did, he tried. At first, Lloyd would growl or hide away, but after some time, he warmed up to the raccoon, and even learned some sign language from him. Just simple things. He couldn't speak at all, so sign language was the closest he got to speaking. He's still trying his best to learn as much as he could.

[themythecho]

being disabled (specifically having a diagnosed stutter), and being extremely extroverted and opinionated, is SO funny, because ALL of my 4 electives this year are:

Musical Theater

Speech and Debate

Student Council

and Cafeteria Aid.

NOW what do all these have in common? If you said constantly speaking, you would be right !! Especially with speech and debate, which prides itself on fluency. I may be cooked this year, but I’m cooking in style </3

ANYWAY no I am not doing more speech therapy to change how I speak, I was diagnosed at age 9 with a stutter and went thru 2 years of speech therapy, 5 years later and it has barely gotten “better”, but idrc because I make important and valid points, and just because of my disability DOES NOT mean they shouldn’t be heard </3

THIS DOES MEAN I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THE JUDGES AND TOURNENMENTS THTA I HAVE A DIAGNOSED STUTTER AND TO ASK THEM NOT TO TAKE OF POINTS FOR NOT BEING FLUENT </3

[macgyvermedical]

I have a character that’s having trouble swallowing + moving their tongue. What are some tricks a nurse might use to help them?

Make them NPO and call speech therapy.

That's it. That's what the nurse will do.

Then they'll do whatever the speech therapist tells them to.

@inkwelliann

[opabiniasarecool]

Yo, shout out to my fellow speech impediment peeps who didn't know it was considered a disability for the longest time and still occasional feel like they "don't count" when talking about disabled experiences!

[clownrecess]

Something that I think a lot of people don't know about and don't talk about enough is that loosing oral speech can and if for a long enough time, will damage your vocal cords.

I can attest to the fact that there are many challenges that come with not being able to speak orally. One of the lesser-known consequences of prolonged loss of oral speech is the potential damage it can cause to one's vocal cords. When someone stops using their vocal cords to make speech, the muscles can weaken, and the vocal cords themselves can atrophy. This process is similar to what happens when you break a bone. You are put into a cast, ergo that limb is immobilized. If you don't use the limb for a long time, the muscles will weaken, and you may need to do physical therapy to regain strength and range of motion. In the same way, if someone doesn't use their vocal cords for an extended period, they may need to do speech therapy to help with the deterioration of vocal cords. I do want to quickly note that I haven't been put in speech therapy for this reason before (though I have been in speech therapy for other reasons, of course).

The first time I lost speech for a long period of time was when I was 10-12 (I cant remember the exact age right now, I'm sorry. I know I've listed it in other posts if you are curious though, but if you don't want to check, just know it was somewhere in that age range. My brain is feeling "fuzzy" with time this morning.) and it was for four months. Once I regained some mouth words, my vocal cords were extremely weak and difficult to use. My speech was practically unintelligible for a bit. The first thing I had said was "Do we have woodpeckers?" because I heard a noise outside that sounded like them (news flash, it wasnt woodpeckers. Woodpeckers arent even in my state so I don't know what was going through my head.), but due to the weakness in my vocal cords it sounded more like "da-wee...ave.. w-ah-pehck..ehs?". It was painful to use my oral voice, I was straining it just to say that sentence. It was extremely quiet, and shaky. I also was unable to control my breathing (not my normal breathing. I mean the breathing patterns required to use oral speech), causing a lot of gaps between speech sounds.

I obviously don't know what my oral voice sounds like now, but I can feel it getting weaker again when I hum as a stim.

It's important for people to understand that losing oral speech is not just a matter of finding a different way to communicate; it can have significant and lasting impacts on our physical health as well.

[pixierainbows]

Peanut ball! Very bouncey :D ( at speech therapy )

[mandana-the-service-pup]

Health Update

RHEUMATOLOGY // Methotrexate injections once a week has been life changing. The vast majority of my symptoms (not the least of which are joint pain, chest pain, stomach pain & POTS) greatly improved within the first two doses. Unfortunately it started to lose its effectiveness after taking it for two months so my Rheumatologist added Enbrel. I do both injections at the same time. Methotrexate on my belly & Enbrel on my thigh. I’m on my second month of Enbrel and it’s definitely been effective. Besides the pain reduction and increased mobility I’m able to do more. I’m still exhausted but I’m doing like 5x as much as I was before methotrexate & Enbrel so it makes sense I would be tired. Methotrexate made me extra tired and a little icky the first couple days after taking it but Enbrel hasn’t had any side effects and has actually helped with the initial malaise from the methotrexate injections. The only side effect I really have from Enbrel is that it gives me so much more range of motion that the first two days after taking it I have to tape my hands or else I’ll hurt myself. I have EDS and don’t usually fully dislocate but since taking it I’ve dislocated my left elbow and my right wrist and all my fingers will hurt if I try to do any activity without taping the first two days. I put kinesiology tape on my knuckles and even just sleeping without it those first two days I will have hand pain from subluxing my fingers in my sleep.

SPEECH THERAPIST // I’m currently going to two speech therapists on a regular basis. My main concern is that I’ve slowly been losing the ability to speak over this last year. One of the speech therapist is helping me with my breathing & voice and the other is helping me with tongue & jaw issues. They both concluded that it’s EDS related which would make sense it got worse when I started methotrexate & Enbrel bc as mentioned above all my joints are looser since starting those medications. The main issue is the muscle tension caused by overcompensating for loose connective tissues. We are working overtime to loosen up the tension and strengthen the appropriate muscles. I should have less than 10 appointments with the voice specialist but I have to me once a week with the other speech therapist and that may take many months to rehab everything.

OTHER HEALTH // I’m really trying to take advantage of my new abilities. I’m pushing myself to eat and drink more. I’m trying to increase my walking with Mandana and after I finish up with the speech therapists I would like to get back into physical therapy / strength training. I’m grateful to finally be making progress after so many years of feeling stuck in my chronic illness with no way out.

[scurvgirl]

Apparently there is an AI being called 'Jessica' and it's creator company calls it "the best speech therapist in the world."

There is no doubt in my mind that this program doesn't come anywhere close to providing speech therapy services. It might make some predictive models for AAC use better, which is great, but if AI could do what I do...they would have been talking and communicating with us directly at the very least. This is not me being uppity about my profession, but it is a HIGHLY trained and cognitively intense field. It is NOT client puts in x input so I provide Y response. It is incredibly complex.

Look, I'm less worried about my job than I am worried about this company taking advantage of people by saying this...program is thr equivalent to attending speech therapy. That is unequivocally false, predatory messaging.

The path to more accessible and affordable medical care in the US is through our governing bodies and not through profit minded, unethical, lying companies who make millions off selling false hope. Trust me, I understand being kept from this service is WRONG, but this is not a replacement.

[heardatmedschool]

“Yes, they exist and sometimes cause problems, yes, it’s our duty to detect them, but NOT EVERY BREASTFEEDING OR SPEECH PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY A LIP TIE DAMMIT!”

A pediatric speech therapist who had had enough.