King A - Just watch the video and follow it. Do the exercises that she says, and it would be useful if you had someone to tell you if you are making a good sound or not. I mean yes, it is tongue placement but you can’t instantly change it just by thinking it, you have to do these steps daily and eventually it’ll get better.
King A - Same I’m older and having to do this is really degrading. But yeah she says to keep your tongue in your mouth. I can’t really comprehend that though, I try it and it’s impossible to keep it behind my teeth but I’ll keep trying. But if you’re 20, I think you should see a speech therapist. I heard that some people have a lisp because of their teeth, so it might be because of that, or lots of other reasons that could affect you. I didn’t know you were 20, so I think you visit a therapist since he can give advice specifically to YOU. It’s extremely expensive though. Your choice.
King A - Oh you said “this is what speech therapist do.” But speech therapist can give you advice according to you specifically not just in general which is why they are good. However if you just have a normal lisp like any other person than it’s fine to to just follow online advice. I’m just saying that there could be something wrong with you specifically and not people who talk with lisps in general.
Wow, I'm blown away, I'm 14 years old and have had a lisp on my s's for ever. It really "pithed" me off. It's 11:10 at night and I saw a video on some guy with a lisp and just looked up how to fix one. Saw this video and within like 20 seconds I learned how to say the S. Thank you. pretty much changed my life 😂
I swear I had YEARS of language therapy as a kid I HATED EVERY SECOND OF IT! Now I am learning chinese where pronounciation is even more important (specially since I also most likely have a foreign accenpt) so now I have even more of a reason to have to fix my lisp. I have an underbite that is why it is more difficult of me to push my jaw to the front for my tongue to go behind my front teath but watching this helps me just being aware of my issue!
Dude did it really work? I just tried it and I think it sounds better (because I can't hear my lisp). You wrote this comment 3 years ago. Please tell me that it really worked
This is ridiculous, being 17 and having a bloody lateral lisp is ruining my identity, and impacting my social life. Because of the lack of attention given to my speech impediment at young age, now being far more developed, it's almost impossible for me to fix even with a speech therapist. It's stupid to see that people only think of this as a minor problem only consisting within primary school or kindergarten communities, yet there's many of us suffering from this past those times. Problems such as misjudgement, low-selfestem/self-confidence, loss of respect, hinderence in communication and worst of all bullying(lucky for me, I have evaded that) can all be a persistent problem with the many people out there, that either are facing this issue for life, or experiencing it at a far more muture age. And all of this is due to its lack of awareness and limited aid, especially at later ages. It's a more serious problem than you think.
A lateral lisp can be difficult to correct. Since you are almost an adult you are more aware and have more motivation to practice. Children attending speech therapy generally are not overly concerned with their speech and are not going to put in extra practice outside of their therapy session in order to make it a habit. There are often also structural differences responsible for lisps, and that is not often mentioned by speech therapists. If how you speak bothers you, you'll need to consistently keep the ideas for correct tongue placement in your mind as you speak until it become habitual (if that is even possible in your case).
Thank you for sharing your story, reading what you said made me realize I did underestimate the issue. I don’t think you should give up hope in fixing it though, I really do hope you’re able to find some help in fixing your speech impediment 🙏🏾
I bought a digital recorder from walmart and got a big print book buttons on top easy to press record, stop, play I also have a big list of words with s... 5 words a line Starting with these I do 10 rows then read 6 pages I can do pretty good but when around others I forget stuff There r lots of people who do not notice but others make fun when you r young and think u r retarded.. It is very hurtful through out life Parents (I assume) are very protective of kids or just endure it like a wart I guess. Having a fuzzy pal to read to works in libraries ... a bit The only thought I had was people having an online place to talk to others for a period during.. like themselves .. people that do not get $$$ for their time. Yep it is embarrassing for others to know u r going to speech class. Don't know but maybe by now the government pays for speech therapy but to get it down, it needs to be practiced until your practice kicks in at random when any one enters your space. Speech therapy is not a kid thing.. it will hurt them through out their lives..
Gabbasaurus I have noticed we have to get the head, body , face muscles on board. so even if we have our tongue in the right place, it isn't tense enough.. I asked her to make a video for this problem. Hey, I hate that you're bullied too ! Hope things are better now :)
Thanks! I know a 28 years old child who can benefit from this video (me :P)! Great explanation, I'll try these techniques! When I record myself on video, my frontal lisp is even more evident! @_@
I realized that my lisp comes, not from poor tongue placement, but for not closing my jaw when making that S sound. It's taking me a long time to train myself to really close jaw, but it significantly improved my diction.
When I was 13 a teacher pulled me from class and we sat at a table and she told me my S’s were wrong and that my tongue needed to stay inside my teeth. I was so humiliated and although it was hard I kept at it and I’ve become very comfortable keeping my tongue in my teeth. But then I heard a video of myself and I could understand why I still sounded terrible. It was only last week my Mom told me that my tongue shouldn’t be touching my teeth. So now I have to restart except I have a dental lisp and a fairly uncommon lateral lisp if I talk to quickly. This is ground breaking tho and now I know I’m doing something right. I can’t wait to keep practicing
@Nine's Own Goal sorry to hear that. I got through in school by just avoiding /s sounds as much as possible but my lateral lisp was always something that bothered me when I was younger. Hope you are successful, it’s great that you’re trying to take initiative and fix your problem!
Listen, I'm 27 years old. But there are just some things that are easier understood if someone talks to you like a 4 year old lol. This was one of them. Being able to hear, see, and have someone describe tongue placement was exactly what I needed. I could instantly hear a difference between my slushy, lispy 's' and the way it's supposed to sound with proper tongue placement. Now that I know I can actually make the correct sound, I think the trick is being able to consistently do it through every day speech. Thanks so much for the help!
I've started working hard on conquering my frontal lisp and I think that this exploding T technique is going to really help. I understand that this is aimed at children, but I don't see why this shouldn't work with me at 22.
Thank you. I have a minor lisp so it doesn't really affect me but my dream job requires me to have good speaking ability. Lisp will stop me from reaching my dream
i’m fifteen and people have been mentioning my lisp to me. nobody used to say anything to me but in the past few months people have teased me about it, especially at work. it’s been making me uncomfortable, even though it’s so minor that most people barely even notice it. this is super helpful!
My daughter just had her first SLP assessment done. I will be working with her on lateral lisp. I'm so glad to find this video. It's very useful and I can wait to try it with her.
People keep getting made fun of for how I talk, and I was never insecure about it until now. My parents are looking into speech therapy but its been a month.
Fabulous!! I have a 14 and 16 y.o. Who still haven't mastered this, but we have never had it explained this way. After watching your video, they have been working really hard to improve. Hoping their muscle memory is willing to change. i keep telling them it's like training for a sport, you don't win inless you put in the hard work first! Thank you so much!!
I am an SLP graduate student and WOW, I wish I found your videos a year ago when I first started my clinical practicums. I could've used these techniques with so many students :/ I will continue and watch more of your videos. This is REALLY helping me.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have a lisp and a speech impediment. Growing up as my mother walked out on my family and my father was never that intelligent or caring to help out so it made practicing as a child very rough. I was very stressed even when trying to learn while I was in pronouncing classes as my school had that in my IEP. However, you really have helped me learn finally how to be able to pronounce these words correctly and for that I am thankful.
Ok "tho" I "wath" really "thtruggling" with "thaying" the letter "eth" since elementary. Even two of my teachers confronted me and I had to stay until the end of class to try and master pronouncing thr letter "s". Until today, as a ninth grader, I still slightly struggle with saying the letter "s" but I got better after watching this. So thanks! It pretty much worked!
I was looking for Articulation therapy for my 5 yrs old and I found your video. I hope it will help and work for him. I am my self has problem to say "s" correctly. I am 33 years old and Finally I can "s" correctly after I saw your video. Thanks a bunch.
I wish I could like this more. I have been bullied out of school for my lisp. The air would shoot out the side of my mouth. This fixed mine. I am 16 btw
I agree with another commentor, it does make it easier being explained to like a child. I have compensated for my hard 's' sounds since I can remember and it makes my lip move to the side (I say it out of the gap between my canine tongue) and i am so self conscious about it. When she said to explode the hard 't' I almost cried. I can't believe I can actually make the hard 's' sound 😭😭😭
Wow, im so glad i found this video, as a teen with that sort of dificulty i kind of tought other people werent passing through the same strugle as me. I am motivaded to stop having a frontal lisp and to for the first time in my life be talking normally. Thank you all for giving me this motivation and I hope that if you read this you also can gain it.. good luck
Wow i had a lisp my entire life im now 22 and i tried your t t t t tssssss and wow its starting to sound like a s wow thank you so much its very helpful i never knew i could make that sound thank you again ur a savior ill work on my s and hopeflly i can fully master it thanks!
I remember when i was young and i had a lisp problem, all i want to say that now that i am older it is starting to decrease dramatically and that i have learned to control it so all i can say is that it gets better.
Omg I’m desperately looking for help with my 6 year old son who has a lisp (uses the z sound instead of an S) I’ve been so worried. You’re video is amazing. I reached out to his school and they said kids don’t really need ST until the age of 8 y/o. 🤷🏻♀️ I’m also starting to notice the same issue with my 4 year old little girl. Thank you for your amazing video.
This might sound strange but i'm here because English is my second language and recently I was told I do my "t" and "d" sounds too soft, as i'm a Spanish speaker. The "z" is also very hard for me because we don't have that... so I found your video very useful. Thanks!
Hi Carrie, thank you so much for creating these videos- I'm finding them very useful as often find the sound in isolation a tricky stage of therapy. Thanks again!
Ryan, I would recommend seeing if you can see a Speech Language Pathologist in school. Even if you are able to just have a quick chat with them and tell them your concerns. I highly doubt they would turn you away. You may not qualify for an IEP, but they can still give you tips and strategies.
I've always had problem with my S' even though my tongue is in my mouth, not between my teeth. Whenever I say the letter S my tongue goes on the top left of my mouth, is that a problem that I need to fix? For me I sound normal but I always get embarassed whenever I do a video project in school because I can hear my S letter in the video sounding like sh/th.
This is fantastic! I too just finished my first portion of clinics and wish I would have found this sooner! However, I subscribed and look forward to watching more videos!
Wow I’m 26 and have a lisp when I’m tired. Doing this lesson is giving me jaw ache! But Everything I’ve said since is pronounced properly!! I wish I was taught this all when I was young! I’m deaf in one ear so it effects hearing S, so I don’t know I’m doing on when I record my voice! So thank you
My mom always told me I didn't have a lisp, but then would continue with, "Just swallow that spit in your mouth!" She wouldn't believe me when I said I had. I learned that if I swallow often enough that my mouth feels dry when I'm talking, I can make a NEARLY accurate S sound, but of course I sound like I need water because then there's that gross click noise that happens when your mouth is too dry. Recently, I found out that you're not supposed to say the S out of the side of your mouth, which would explain why my S's sound different than other's. Tonight is this first time I heard the term lateral lisp. My mom still believes I just need to "swallow more", so I can't get help from any specialists (I'm still 17). I'm going to try some of these techniques. Is there anything else you'd recommend for a teen? I feel like it might be too late to change now, but I'm going to try! I'm tired of being all self-conscious about it. Mine doesn't sound extreme, but I'm definitely not doing it right. Sometimes it's worse than other times (which my mom uses as proof that it's something I can control, but I can't). I've often sat down with friends or my siblings and tried to say an S like they do, have them explain how to say it and I try that, but no no avail. It's been a few months of this every few days (which is starting to annoy them). I'm just not sure how to approach it. Can people self treat a lisp, or is it purely something that needs to be done with a speech therapist?
pianobooks42 First of all, it's not too late. Also, I have found that many of my lateral lispers don't actually have too much saliva in their mouth, it just sounds that way because it's all moving around on the sides of the mouth. They need to fix the position of the tongue as opposed to just have less spit. I can't tell you specifically what will work for you since I haven't met you but hopefully this video will help give you some general guidelines!
Thanks for responding! Since I've found your video, I've been doing some of these exercizes, and I think they've started to help me at least figure out where the sound should be coming from, even though my friends are telling me I'm not actually producing the right sound when I do them... I told my friend that I'd found the video about a week after I made that comment, and I hadn't talked to her in a while. She was like, "Oh! I thought it sounded better, but I thought I was imagining it! It's not like super different, but keep going!" and that was really cool!
pianobooks42 I have the same where I make the s out of the side of my mouth between my teeth. I can't seem to make it out the front like a T. any help?
I came back to this video today because I haven't made progress since my last comment :( I can get air out the front of my mouth and making a hissy noise, but it's no where near an S... And the exploding T doesn't help, because the "ts" noise I make is very similar to my lateral ch noise. so It's like "T T T schcshshchshchsc???" *looks confusedly down at nose* "T T T thththththth???" *frustration* "T T T T-hhhhhhhhh???" *gives up for the day* A year of this and no change!!!?????
I have a lisp and this really helped. My daughter also has a lisp cause she learned it from me and I’m trying to correct it for her because people are really fucked up to people who speak differently.
My baby has a frontal lisp and decided not to talk at all.. she uses all words (not real words) that doesn’t have sounds that give her a hard time.. she’s 3.. it’s hard. I tried speech therapy but after working with her for almost 2 months I had to tell the therapist, my baby has a lisp.. they tried to tell me she had mild autism.. I cried! But she’s smart! Comprehends well, just have that lisp and doesn’t want to talk
I just....live with it haha. Keep a water bottle on you, it gets worse when your mouth is dry (I'm sure you know). Google tongue stretches and do them, practice proper singing techniques even if you think you cant carry a tune. It will shrink, but it never goes away entirely. Pronouncing your vowels a bit more rounded, like 'formal english', also helps.
Mimi Markowski Omg it was freezing today and my mouth got dry and yes it does get worse when your mouth is dry haha Thank you for the tips! I will get to those tongue stretches right away!
Great video!!! I had a lisp all my life and this one helped me out a lot. Could you post some exercises to correct /ci/ as in cistern sound? That would be much appreciated. Thank you
Hi just found this video. I’m 31 years old. I learned a few weeks ago that the S sound is made with the front of your teeth. I had no idea. So here I am re-learning how to say my words with the S in the front of my teeth..
I don’t have a strong lisp but I didn’t even know until my friend pointed it out. I have an open bite . My tongue hits off my bottom teeth when I say s. I think it’s because of my open bite thooo but I don’t really mind it
wow i just fixed my lisp... I still need to get used to it but wow.. thank you so much.. my lisp stressed me out so much but wow 20 minutes of practice and its almost gone...woa
i went to speech therapy as i child for my lateral lisp and pretty much corrected it but i still have ti concentrate (im 15 now) and found that im slipping back into my old ways
Since i was a kid i had a problem saying the letters R and S or any word that start with the letters. People used to make fun of me coz its sounds funny. somehow i worked out on the letter R but S is still a problem for me and im 28 now. I'm gonna try this one, hope this works. Thanks!
I have a lateral in a frontal lisp is really hard to talk to friends and teachers and do presentations to classes or speak out loud and I got made front of as a kid now my anxiety is through the roof. Couldn't be hard enough I have dyslexia (icing on the cake)
Hey there! I'm sorry that you felt offended by this advice. My business is specifically designed to help speech-language pathologists who work with children. This advice sounds childish because it is intended for children. I am sure there are other brands out there who are more targeted toward teenagers. Sorry again for any confusion.
I've got a CH lisp, so words like "chocolate", "changes" or words like "much" go all slushy, but there are no videos on it on how to fix it. Any suggestions on how to get rid of it?
I have a cousin who has Frontal lisp. And when I tried to correct him, he does the lateral lisp. And when I ask him to close his teeth and say the 's', he says somewhat 'sh'. I'm fed up. I tried the 't' one in which you should say t 5 times and the last one should explode. And he doesn't know how to pronounce 't' too. He says 'ch' for 't'. Me: Say 'Tatoo' He: Chachoo. Me: Say 't' 5 times and at the last one, explode the 't'. Like this: t, t, t, t, tt... ssssss... He: ch, ch, ch, ch, chchchchchchch. I have another cousin (this one's younger brother) and when I ask him to say 'sasasasa', he says 'thathathatha' without sticking his tongue out. And when I try to make him say 'sssssssss'. He says 'sssssssss', sticking his tongue out and shaking his head. And he doesn't understand much what we are saying because he is small, 4 years old (I know most of the 4 year olds speak and understand things, but this one understands only basic things, like 'sit down', 'stand up', 'where is your nose' and such things. He doesn't understand things like ' where have you kept the remote of the TV' and such things. I don't know why but this one is like that). I can't help. I think it's better to keep it the way it was before. This video could be a help. Let me try it...
My 3 yr old just doesn't say S ever. Star is tar. When I've played with him on pronouncing words right and point it out, he does the frontal lisp. But he only does it if I really really encourage him to say it. It's almost like he doesn't hear it at all when I use S.
I have a slight frontal lisp that is barely noticeable, but if I didn't have screwed up teeth that also had an overbite, it would be way more noticeable. If you look at my mouth while pronouncing the s, you could see my tongue between my teeth on the side.its weird, but basically, I have an overbite, while the sides of my top and bottom teeth are gapped from each other
I'm so sorry to hear that you're struggling! This video is specifically intended for speech-language pathologists who are working with clients who have lisps. If you are able to, seeking out a speech-language pathologist or therapist in your area who could work with you directly would be the best path to take!
As a 16 year old with a lisp I can say that it really helps to have it explained to you like a child...
Max Tory im 22. this is so degrading
King A - I went to a speech therapist and it didn’t fix it. I think you just have to keep practicing the right sound every day.
King A - Just watch the video and follow it. Do the exercises that she says, and it would be useful if you had someone to tell you if you are making a good sound or not. I mean yes, it is tongue placement but you can’t instantly change it just by thinking it, you have to do these steps daily and eventually it’ll get better.
King A - Same I’m older and having to do this is really degrading. But yeah she says to keep your tongue in your mouth. I can’t really comprehend that though, I try it and it’s impossible to keep it behind my teeth but I’ll keep trying. But if you’re 20, I think you should see a speech therapist. I heard that some people have a lisp because of their teeth, so it might be because of that, or lots of other reasons that could affect you. I didn’t know you were 20, so I think you visit a therapist since he can give advice specifically to YOU. It’s extremely expensive though. Your choice.
King A - Oh you said “this is what speech therapist do.” But speech therapist can give you advice according to you specifically not just in general which is why they are good. However if you just have a normal lisp like any other person than it’s fine to to just follow online advice. I’m just saying that there could be something wrong with you specifically and not people who talk with lisps in general.
Wow, I'm blown away, I'm 14 years old and have had a lisp on my s's for ever. It really "pithed" me off. It's 11:10 at night and I saw a video on some guy with a lisp and just looked up how to fix one. Saw this video and within like 20 seconds I learned how to say the S. Thank you. pretty much changed my life 😂
AnotherZeus50 literally same, except it's 5:00 a.m
I swear I had YEARS of language therapy as a kid I HATED EVERY SECOND OF IT! Now I am learning chinese where pronounciation is even more important (specially since I also most likely have a foreign accenpt) so now I have even more of a reason to have to fix my lisp. I have an underbite that is why it is more difficult of me to push my jaw to the front for my tongue to go behind my front teath but watching this helps me just being aware of my issue!
Dude did it really work? I just tried it and I think it sounds better (because I can't hear my lisp). You wrote this comment 3 years ago. Please tell me that it really worked
2 AM 😳
damn my dumbass clicked that lol
This is ridiculous, being 17 and having a bloody lateral lisp is ruining my identity, and impacting my social life. Because of the lack of attention given to my speech impediment at young age, now being far more developed, it's almost impossible for me to fix even with a speech therapist. It's stupid to see that people only think of this as a minor problem only consisting within primary school or kindergarten communities, yet there's many of us suffering from this past those times. Problems such as misjudgement, low-selfestem/self-confidence, loss of respect, hinderence in communication and worst of all bullying(lucky for me, I have evaded that) can all be a persistent problem with the many people out there, that either are facing this issue for life, or experiencing it at a far more muture age. And all of this is due to its lack of awareness and limited aid, especially at later ages. It's a more serious problem than you think.
A lateral lisp can be difficult to correct. Since you are almost an adult you are more aware and have more motivation to practice. Children attending speech therapy generally are not overly concerned with their speech and are not going to put in extra practice outside of their therapy session in order to make it a habit. There are often also structural differences responsible for lisps, and that is not often mentioned by speech therapists. If how you speak bothers you, you'll need to consistently keep the ideas for correct tongue placement in your mind as you speak until it become habitual (if that is even possible in your case).
Thank you for sharing your story, reading what you said made me realize I did underestimate the issue. I don’t think you should give up hope in fixing it though, I really do hope you’re able to find some help in fixing your speech impediment 🙏🏾
I bought a digital recorder from walmart and got a big print book
buttons on top easy to press record, stop, play
I also have a big list of words with s... 5 words a line
Starting with these I do 10 rows then read 6 pages
I can do pretty good but when around others I forget stuff
There r lots of people who do not notice but others make fun when you r young and think u r retarded.. It is very hurtful through out life
Parents (I assume) are very protective of kids or just endure it like a wart I guess.
Having a fuzzy pal to read to works in libraries ... a bit
The only thought I had was people having an online place to talk to others for a period during.. like themselves .. people that do not get $$$ for their time.
Yep it is embarrassing for others to know u r going to speech class.
Don't know but maybe by now the government pays for speech therapy
but to get it down, it needs to be practiced until your practice kicks in at random when any one enters your space.
Speech therapy is not a kid thing.. it will hurt them through out their lives..
I hate getting bullied whenever I see any lisp video on how to lose it it never works and I hate myself for trying to hard
Gabbasaurus I have noticed we have to get the head, body , face muscles on board. so even if we have our tongue in the right place, it isn't tense enough.. I asked her to make a video for this problem.
Hey, I hate that you're bullied too ! Hope things are better now :)
Yea me too.i am 18 and this video is for children.Im hopeless
for trying to hard
was that deliberate?
All we know the we should go to a speech therapy
same
She is excellent! I can tell she has a special heart to help children. God bless you!
Thanks! I know a 28 years old child who can benefit from this video (me :P)! Great explanation, I'll try these techniques! When I record myself on video, my frontal lisp is even more evident! @_@
+Playerdue Lighting Ha I am also 28 with a lisp. (frontal) some one told me to try a speech jammer app so I can listen to my self, just fyi ;)
+hello bethy Thanks! I'll try that! :D
Omg I wish someone told me this when I was younger
Also 28 and can benefit from this greatly... Although, now your 30. :/ We no longer have a club
@@beth-af hi I m too plz contact me 9157730740
I realized that my lisp comes, not from poor tongue placement, but for not closing my jaw when making that S sound. It's taking me a long time to train myself to really close jaw, but it significantly improved my diction.
Omggg! This just helped me realize that I do that too! Thanks so much lol
When I was 13 a teacher pulled me from class and we sat at a table and she told me my S’s were wrong and that my tongue needed to stay inside my teeth. I was so humiliated and although it was hard I kept at it and I’ve become very comfortable keeping my tongue in my teeth. But then I heard a video of myself and I could understand why I still sounded terrible.
It was only last week my Mom told me that my tongue shouldn’t be touching my teeth. So now I have to restart except I have a dental lisp and a fairly uncommon lateral lisp if I talk to quickly.
This is ground breaking tho and now I know I’m doing something right. I can’t wait to keep practicing
Wow I think this really helped me, thanks!
did it worked for you
Bro I ain’t reading all that
erm thanks, i am in secondary school and people make fun of my lisp, so hope this goes well
I'm in 8th grade and I'm dating a fine😍 girl in the school but I just got into a fight 2 days ago because of my lisp
I'm also in 8th grade and people make fun of my lisp. I beat up one of the idiots but the other guy is a total prick and won't stop.
I’m in eighth grade and get teased all the time this helped me fix my problems
Me too I'm in 8th grade and people keep making fun of me
@Nine's Own Goal sorry to hear that. I got through in school by just avoiding /s sounds as much as possible but my lateral lisp was always something that bothered me when I was younger. Hope you are successful, it’s great that you’re trying to take initiative and fix your problem!
Listen, I'm 27 years old. But there are just some things that are easier understood if someone talks to you like a 4 year old lol. This was one of them.
Being able to hear, see, and have someone describe tongue placement was exactly what I needed. I could instantly hear a difference between my slushy, lispy 's' and the way it's supposed to sound with proper tongue placement.
Now that I know I can actually make the correct sound, I think the trick is being able to consistently do it through every day speech.
Thanks so much for the help!
I've started working hard on conquering my frontal lisp and I think that this exploding T technique is going to really help. I understand that this is aimed at children, but I don't see why this shouldn't work with me at 22.
Thank you. I have a minor lisp so it doesn't really affect me but my dream job requires me to have good speaking ability. Lisp will stop me from reaching my dream
Yeah. I want to voice act but I have a lateral lisp
i’m fifteen and people have been mentioning my lisp to me. nobody used to say anything to me but in the past few months people have teased me about it, especially at work. it’s been making me uncomfortable, even though it’s so minor that most people barely even notice it. this is super helpful!
Samee
Did u fix it ?
My daughter just had her first SLP assessment done. I will be working with her on lateral lisp. I'm so glad to find this video. It's very useful and I can wait to try it with her.
People keep getting made fun of for how I talk, and I was never insecure about it until now. My parents are looking into speech therapy but its been a month.
This is so useful! My daughter has a lisp we are working to correct at home while waiting to see a S&L therapist. Thank you.
Fabulous!! I have a 14 and 16 y.o. Who still haven't mastered this, but we have never had it explained this way. After watching your video, they have been working really hard to improve. Hoping their muscle memory is willing to change. i keep telling them it's like training for a sport, you don't win inless you put in the hard work first! Thank you so much!!
I am an SLP graduate student and WOW, I wish I found your videos a year ago when I first started my clinical practicums. I could've used these techniques with so many students :/ I will continue and watch more of your videos. This is REALLY helping me.
Okay this might sound dumb but I can't hear my lisp but in everyone else's perspective they can. Is it just me? ( I have a lateral lisp😭 )
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THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have a lisp and a speech impediment. Growing up as my mother walked out on my family and my father was never that intelligent or caring to help out so it made practicing as a child very rough. I was very stressed even when trying to learn while I was in pronouncing classes as my school had that in my IEP.
However, you really have helped me learn finally how to be able to pronounce these words correctly and for that I am thankful.
Ok "tho"
I "wath" really "thtruggling" with "thaying" the letter "eth" since elementary. Even two of my teachers confronted me and I had to stay until the end of class to try and master pronouncing thr letter "s". Until today, as a ninth grader, I still slightly struggle with saying the letter "s" but I got better after watching this. So thanks! It pretty much worked!
I really love how all this videos talk about teaching your kid and I stand here 20YO trying to learn the S sound.
I was looking for Articulation therapy for my 5 yrs old and I found your video. I hope it will help and work for him. I am my self has problem to say "s" correctly. I am 33 years old and Finally I can "s" correctly after I saw your video. Thanks a bunch.
I wish I could like this more. I have been bullied out of school for my lisp. The air would shoot out the side of my mouth. This fixed mine. I am 16 btw
I agree with another commentor, it does make it easier being explained to like a child. I have compensated for my hard 's' sounds since I can remember and it makes my lip move to the side (I say it out of the gap between my canine tongue) and i am so self conscious about it. When she said to explode the hard 't' I almost cried. I can't believe I can actually make the hard 's' sound 😭😭😭
Wow, im so glad i found this video, as a teen with that sort of dificulty i kind of tought other people werent passing through the same strugle as me. I am motivaded to stop having a frontal lisp and to for the first time in my life be talking normally. Thank you all for giving me this motivation and I hope that if you read this you also can gain it.. good luck
How many time did it take to fixed your lisp
Wow i had a lisp my entire life im now 22 and i tried your t t t t tssssss and wow its starting to sound like a s wow thank you so much its very helpful i never knew i could make that sound thank you again ur a savior ill work on my s and hopeflly i can fully master it thanks!
been learning english for 5 years now. first time i'm able to do the z sound. thank you. i was tired of seeing my last name spelled Goncalec.
I am so glad that I found this video! Very helpful, thanks so much! My child just start speech therapy to correct her lateral lisp.
Wonderful! How kind of you to share your knowledge and expertise
i literally can not stop my tongue from poking out when i do s's, like it does not fit in my mouth.
I know my phonics teacher told me I also did my z sound like that and I made the th sound and yelled at me
I remember when i was young and i had a lisp problem, all i want to say that now that i am older it is starting to decrease dramatically and that i have learned to control it so all i can say is that it gets better.
KASN 29 How old were you when it started to get better?
Holy moly macaroni. Thanks so much! I'm getting annoyed by myself to not say the s correctly! Will thank you forever! :D
Clark. That is just wonderful. This video helpd me a lot. It is the beggining of new trials for me. Thank you!
28 years old and this helps sooo much! Thank you.
Glad it helped!
I don’t even have a lisp, I just wanted to watch people being cured lol
SAME LOL
lmao you are so lucky to not have one it affects your social life a lot...
Flynn well im not fucking cured 😪😭😭
Omg I’m desperately looking for help with my 6 year old son who has a lisp (uses the z sound instead of an S) I’ve been so worried. You’re video is amazing. I reached out to his school and they said kids don’t really need ST until the age of 8 y/o. 🤷🏻♀️
I’m also starting to notice the same issue with my 4 year old little girl.
Thank you for your amazing video.
I was told the same thing from the school. Hopefully I can help my daughter using these tips :)
This might sound strange but i'm here because English is my second language and recently I was told I do my "t" and "d" sounds too soft, as i'm a Spanish speaker. The "z" is also very hard for me because we don't have that... so I found your video very useful. Thanks!
Hi Carrie, thank you so much for creating these videos- I'm finding them very useful as often find the sound in isolation a tricky stage of therapy. Thanks again!
My tongue is too big, so if try pull my tongue in i end making no sound at all, even when im idle my tongue goes over all my teeth
this is actually helping. i like seeing the difference on voice recorder.
Thank you for this simple and clear video that I can share with parents!
I’m 14 and have a lisp- I have a frontal lisp and was confused on how the hell I can’t get rid of my lisp
your internet mom ah same here
Same here
Wish someone would’ve told me this when I was 8 and not have to figure it out myself 🤦♂️
I'm 51 and this helped me
Awesome! Working with a speech-language pathologist in your area can help you further if you need it!
Mesmerized watching her talk
As a 14 year old, it didn’t help, and I’m still very embarrassed going into highschool😓 any advice or another video
Ryan, I would recommend seeing if you can see a Speech Language Pathologist in school. Even if you are able to just have a quick chat with them and tell them your concerns. I highly doubt they would turn you away. You may not qualify for an IEP, but they can still give you tips and strategies.
Rayan try this ruclips.net/video/SMZ4lSaFuEI/видео.html
I've always had problem with my S' even though my tongue is in my mouth, not between my teeth. Whenever I say the letter S my tongue goes on the top left of my mouth, is that a problem that I need to fix? For me I sound normal but I always get embarassed whenever I do a video project in school because I can hear my S letter in the video sounding like sh/th.
Lanze same
I think you have what she says as a "lateral lisp". I have it too, just found out it's called that after watching this video.
Same
I will always practice my ' s ' sounds in a week and everyday every night too!
This is fantastic! I too just finished my first portion of clinics and wish I would have found this sooner! However, I subscribed and look forward to watching more videos!
Rebecca Saia Wonderful! Glad you like it!
Wow I’m 26 and have a lisp when I’m tired. Doing this lesson is giving me jaw ache! But Everything I’ve said since is pronounced properly!! I wish I was taught this all when I was young! I’m deaf in one ear so it effects hearing S, so I don’t know I’m doing on when I record my voice! So thank you
My 's' sounds like 'f'. I am gonna try these techniques, hope this helps.
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Good luck!! ✨
That's also my problem.Have you found any solutions yet?
You’re very good at teaching!! Thank you!
My mom always told me I didn't have a lisp, but then would continue with, "Just swallow that spit in your mouth!" She wouldn't believe me when I said I had. I learned that if I swallow often enough that my mouth feels dry when I'm talking, I can make a NEARLY accurate S sound, but of course I sound like I need water because then there's that gross click noise that happens when your mouth is too dry. Recently, I found out that you're not supposed to say the S out of the side of your mouth, which would explain why my S's sound different than other's. Tonight is this first time I heard the term lateral lisp.
My mom still believes I just need to "swallow more", so I can't get help from any specialists (I'm still 17). I'm going to try some of these techniques. Is there anything else you'd recommend for a teen? I feel like it might be too late to change now, but I'm going to try! I'm tired of being all self-conscious about it.
Mine doesn't sound extreme, but I'm definitely not doing it right. Sometimes it's worse than other times (which my mom uses as proof that it's something I can control, but I can't). I've often sat down with friends or my siblings and tried to say an S like they do, have them explain how to say it and I try that, but no no avail. It's been a few months of this every few days (which is starting to annoy them). I'm just not sure how to approach it. Can people self treat a lisp, or is it purely something that needs to be done with a speech therapist?
pianobooks42 First of all, it's not too late. Also, I have found that many of my lateral lispers don't actually have too much saliva in their mouth, it just sounds that way because it's all moving around on the sides of the mouth. They need to fix the position of the tongue as opposed to just have less spit. I can't tell you specifically what will work for you since I haven't met you but hopefully this video will help give you some general guidelines!
Thanks for responding! Since I've found your video, I've been doing some of these exercizes, and I think they've started to help me at least figure out where the sound should be coming from, even though my friends are telling me I'm not actually producing the right sound when I do them... I told my friend that I'd found the video about a week after I made that comment, and I hadn't talked to her in a while. She was like, "Oh! I thought it sounded better, but I thought I was imagining it! It's not like super different, but keep going!" and that was really cool!
That's awesome! Keep up the good work!!
pianobooks42 I have the same where I make the s out of the side of my mouth between my teeth. I can't seem to make it out the front like a T. any help?
I came back to this video today because I haven't made progress since my last comment :( I can get air out the front of my mouth and making a hissy noise, but it's no where near an S... And the exploding T doesn't help, because the "ts" noise I make is very similar to my lateral ch noise. so It's like "T T T schcshshchshchsc???" *looks confusedly down at nose* "T T T thththththth???" *frustration* "T T T T-hhhhhhhhh???" *gives up for the day* A year of this and no change!!!?????
Thank you, you for sharing you knowledge. I have a frontal lisp and theses are excellent techniques.
I have a lisp and this really helped. My daughter also has a lisp cause she learned it from me and I’m trying to correct it for her because people are really fucked up to people who speak differently.
Your really lowering my self of steam here I ain’t no kid and I need help myself
Wowwww! Thank you so much for creating this video! I can’t wait to help my son with this
OMFG I HAVE A LATERAL LISP AND THIS HELPED TY SO MUCH
My baby has a frontal lisp and decided not to talk at all.. she uses all words (not real words) that doesn’t have sounds that give her a hard time.. she’s 3.. it’s hard. I tried speech therapy but after working with her for almost 2 months I had to tell the therapist, my baby has a lisp.. they tried to tell me she had mild autism.. I cried! But she’s smart! Comprehends well, just have that lisp and doesn’t want to talk
I have a lisp but my tongue touches the back of my teeth
Do you have any advice?
+Arsil Darouiche I have the same thing. I have never found a speech therapist that could help.
+Mimi Markowski omg what am I going to do it's literally so annoying
I just....live with it haha. Keep a water bottle on you, it gets worse when your mouth is dry (I'm sure you know). Google tongue stretches and do them, practice proper singing techniques even if you think you cant carry a tune. It will shrink, but it never goes away entirely. Pronouncing your vowels a bit more rounded, like 'formal english', also helps.
Mimi Markowski Omg it was freezing today and my mouth got dry and yes it does get worse when your mouth is dry haha
Thank you for the tips! I will get to those tongue stretches right away!
Sure thing:) They helped me very much when I was getting my singing degree:)
Great video!!! I had a lisp all my life and this one helped me out a lot. Could you post some exercises to correct /ci/ as in cistern sound? That would be much appreciated. Thank you
Great job on the video, very impressed, seriously, really helped my daughter. thanks you
I'm 26 and using this....Thank you.
Is it works on you?I am 17 and i think it is not working.I have frontal lisp.This tips are for kids.I m desperate
I can do this when I think ahead of what word I'm going say but when I'm having a conversation I don't think ahead and mess up again.
I still have an interdental lisp but my s and z sound okay, like I have no lisp at all.
I have a lateral lisp my lower jaw is to the left and I have a fat tongue how do I fix a lisp I’ve gone to speech classes but it’s still not fixed
love your lateral lisp solution!
Hi just found this video. I’m 31 years old. I learned a few weeks ago that the S sound is made with the front of your teeth. I had no idea. So here I am re-learning how to say my words with the S in the front of my teeth..
Just keep in mind there are different ways to make the sounds! This is just one way.
This has been so helpful! Thank you!
This was very helpful! I have a slight lisp which I’m extremely insecure about 😔 I’ll be practicing these exercises in front of the mirror 😭
I don’t have a strong lisp but I didn’t even know until my friend pointed it out. I have an open bite . My tongue hits off my bottom teeth when I say s. I think it’s because of my open bite thooo but I don’t really mind it
just found out about your channel on pinterest and I am excited to try some of the strategies.
wow i just fixed my lisp... I still need to get used to it but wow.. thank you so much..
my lisp stressed me out so much but wow 20 minutes of practice and its almost gone...woa
i went to speech therapy as i child for my lateral lisp and pretty much corrected it but i still have ti concentrate (im 15 now) and found that im slipping back into my old ways
Since i was a kid i had a problem saying the letters R and S or any word that start with the letters. People used to make fun of me coz its sounds funny. somehow i worked out on the letter R but S is still a problem for me and im 28 now.
I'm gonna try this one, hope this works. Thanks!
FINALLY I ALMOST DESTROYED MY LISP!!!
IS THIS ME, I SWEAR I CANT BELIEVE
i will reveal the secret when the comment reaches 100 likes
You tried
5 months and 18 likes. Atleast you tried lmao
yeah not gonna happen
I have a lateral in a frontal lisp is really hard to talk to friends and teachers and do presentations to classes or speak out loud and I got made front of as a kid now my anxiety is through the roof. Couldn't be hard enough I have dyslexia (icing on the cake)
I’m going into highschool and still have a lisp so like if this doesn’t work I’m gonna cry
My parents make fun of mine always mock my speaking when I talk
Yazmine Jasmine pricks
I’m 27 and my lisp is really starting to impact my self-confidence
I'm sorry to hear that! A speech-language pathologist in your area could help you!
as a teenager, its SO helpful *SO* helpful to have a grown woman treat me like a toddler. /s
Hey there! I'm sorry that you felt offended by this advice. My business is specifically designed to help speech-language pathologists who work with children. This advice sounds childish because it is intended for children. I am sure there are other brands out there who are more targeted toward teenagers. Sorry again for any confusion.
Great exercises and instruction!
BRUHH I SEE MY TOUNGE WHEN I SAY “s”!!!! . I also can’t say “z” it just sounds like the.
Don't poke your tongue out or you'll lisp
thank you so much for your amazing help and very helpful techniques.
I've got a CH lisp, so words like "chocolate", "changes" or words like "much" go all slushy, but there are no videos on it on how to fix it. Any suggestions on how to get rid of it?
im 33 i hava a lateral lisp.hoping to be fix.soon
thank you sooooo... much for this video. it has helped me sooo much!!
This Lady Is A Psychic.
Charming. And very well done.
I have a cousin who has Frontal lisp. And when I tried to correct him, he does the lateral lisp. And when I ask him to close his teeth and say the 's', he says somewhat 'sh'. I'm fed up. I tried the 't' one in which you should say t 5 times and the last one should explode. And he doesn't know how to pronounce 't' too. He says 'ch' for 't'.
Me: Say 'Tatoo'
He: Chachoo.
Me: Say 't' 5 times and at the last one, explode the 't'. Like this: t, t, t, t, tt... ssssss...
He: ch, ch, ch, ch, chchchchchchch.
I have another cousin (this one's younger brother) and when I ask him to say 'sasasasa', he says 'thathathatha' without sticking his tongue out. And when I try to make him say 'sssssssss'. He says 'sssssssss', sticking his tongue out and shaking his head. And he doesn't understand much what we are saying because he is small, 4 years old (I know most of the 4 year olds speak and understand things, but this one understands only basic things, like 'sit down', 'stand up', 'where is your nose' and such things. He doesn't understand things like ' where have you kept the remote of the TV' and such things. I don't know why but this one is like that). I can't help. I think it's better to keep it the way it was before.
This video could be a help. Let me try it...
Aditya J George how about a little more patience? I’m sure there is something you don’t do well, yes?
My 3 yr old just doesn't say S ever. Star is tar. When I've played with him on pronouncing words right and point it out, he does the frontal lisp. But he only does it if I really really encourage him to say it. It's almost like he doesn't hear it at all when I use S.
Very helpful video 🙂
I have a slight frontal lisp that is barely noticeable, but if I didn't have screwed up teeth that also had an overbite, it would be way more noticeable. If you look at my mouth while pronouncing the s, you could see my tongue between my teeth on the side.its weird, but basically, I have an overbite, while the sides of my top and bottom teeth are gapped from each other
But it mostly sounds like I'm just slurring them if you listen closely
I tried it and it did work better. 😀
Thank you for the video really helped.
You can't imagine how annoying it is to speak Chinese with a lisp... this helped a lot...
I have a lisp and whenever we have to do a project for school and have to present it I try to not put that much words with "s" in it
Tihami Tariq same😱
I have a frontal lisp and my daughter has learnt it from me 😅 so we'll both be doing this together, bonding 🥰🥰
Im 18 and have a terrible lisp. I've tryed and tryed but i just cant get the correct sounds.
Cant say how difficult and how embarrassing it gets when a 21years old like me lisp regularly
I'm so sorry to hear that you're struggling! This video is specifically intended for speech-language pathologists who are working with clients who have lisps. If you are able to, seeking out a speech-language pathologist or therapist in your area who could work with you directly would be the best path to take!