{"id":562,"date":"2012-05-03T10:40:07","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T17:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/?p=562"},"modified":"2019-04-05T12:43:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T19:43:19","slug":"understanding-dentalized-lisps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/speech-disorders\/understanding-dentalized-lisps\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Dentalized Lisps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A dentalized lisp is similar to a frontal or interdental lisp<\/a>. With a frontal lisp, the child protrudes the tongue through the front teeth when pronouncing the \u201cs\u201d and \u201cz\u201d sounds. Children with a dentalized lisp push the tongue up against the front teeth, rather than through the front teeth. A dentalized lisp may arise during typical speech development. Some children with a dentalized lisp \u201cgrow out of it\u201d by the time they are about four years old. However, it\u2019s always best to bring your child to a speech-language pathologist (SLP), even if you think he might grow out of his articulation difficulty.<\/p>\n

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Identifying the Dentalized Lisp<\/strong><\/p>\n

An SLP will conduct an initial assessment<\/a> to evaluate your child\u2019s speech and language abilities. She will identify whether your child has a dentalized lisp, a different type of lisp, or a different speech disorder altogether. The speech therapist will analyze your child\u2019s speech skills, fluency, and voice quality. She will also examine his oral structure and mobility.<\/p>\n

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Treating the Dentalized Lisp<\/strong><\/p>\n

To treat a dentalized lisp, your child\u2019s speech therapist might begin with articulation therapy. Articulation therapy helps a child learn to discriminate between the proper articulation and the improper articulation of a sound. The speech therapist will demonstrate the phoneme by itself and guide the child through proper articulation. They will move to increasingly more complex sounds by pairing the \u201cs\u201d or \u201cz\u201d sounds with syllables, then with words, and then in short sentences.<\/p>\n

Some speech therapists might also use auditory bombardment (AB) to treat a lisp. This type of speech therapy involves exposing the child to repetitive, intense demonstrations of the correct \u201cs\u201d and \u201cz\u201d sounds, along with other sounds for contrast. The term bombardment might sound as though your child will be undergoing an unpleasant treatment, but it simply refers to repetitive auditory stimulation.<\/p>\n

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Activities at Home<\/strong><\/p>\n

Along with your child\u2019s speech therapy sessions, work with him on proper articulation at home to accelerate his progress. The speech therapist might provide you with lists of target words to practice. Make a game out of practicing the words to keep your child engaged in the learning process. For example, you can create a game similar to \u201cI Spy\u201d that involves you and your child naming objects around the home that contain the \u201cs\u201d or \u201cz\u201d sounds.<\/p>\n

Another technique you might consider using is straw drinking. While some speech therapists discredit this technique, others find it immensely helpful.<\/a> Provide your child with a drinking straw every time you serve him a beverage. Encourage him to think about the position of his tongue as he uses the straw. Straw drinking helps to pull the tongue back from its forward position against the teeth.<\/p>\n

You could also use the Seal Speech Buddy<\/a> to correct a dentalized lisp. This type of treatment for a lisp provides tactile feedback. The Speech Buddy is a simple device that provides a target in your child\u2019s mouth so that he knows when his tongue is in the proper position.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \"Free<\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A dentalized lisp is similar to a frontal or interdental lisp. With a frontal lisp, the child protrudes the tongue through the front teeth when pronouncing the \u201cs\u201d and \u201cz\u201d sounds. Children with a dentalized lisp push the tongue up against the front teeth, rather than through the front teeth. A dentalized lisp may arise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1739,28],"tags":[343,345,47,344,317],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pronunciation-lisps","category-speech-disorders","tag-dentalized-lisp","tag-speech-therapy-for-dentalized-lisp","tag-treating-a-lisp","tag-treatment-for-dentalized-lisp","tag-types-of-lisps"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10821,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions\/10821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}