“My 6 year old has a speech problem. What do I do?”
My 6-year-old daughter has a terrible lisp; she also has trouble pronouncing many words. What can I do to help her?
7 Answers
Take her to speech therapy. Early intervention is key!
I would recommend bringing your daughter to see a speech-language pathologist; they will provide your daughter will goals/objectives and strategies to help reduce the frontal lisp. I would also recommend seeing an ENT doctor to rule out enlarged/swollen adenoids or tonsils.
Terlenda Lassiter
Speech-Language Pathologist
She can definitely benefit from a speech language pathology evaluation and treatment. I have not done her assessment so I cannot be specific on different tongue exercises. Pam Marshalla is a great resource who specializes in frontal and lateral lisps, and you can youtube search her videos on pronouncing different words.
Hi,
I would seek out a speech language evaluation through your daughter's school or a local speech language clinic. They can complete an evaluation to determine what specifically your daughter needs to work on and give you more specific strategies from there.
Good luck!
I would seek out a speech language evaluation through your daughter's school or a local speech language clinic. They can complete an evaluation to determine what specifically your daughter needs to work on and give you more specific strategies from there.
Good luck!
Make sure she is not tongue tied or have any vocal cored dysfunction. If this is a problem with articulation a speech therapist can help. You can go over words and pronounce it correctly and try to get her to repeat
Contact your local school district and request an evaluation. School districts are required to provide services for children in their catchment area.
Michael G. Martin, MD
Michael G. Martin, MD
Recommend audiological testing and speech therapy evaluation.
