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Have you ever been told that if your child’s lisp or /R/ sound isn’t improving after months of speech therapy, you should see a myofunctional therapist?
The short answer is: possibly, but not automatically. Whether it will help depends on what is behind your child’s difficulty, and finding that out is exactly what a thorough assessment is for.
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If you were to peek through the window of one of my speech therapy sessions, you might notice two things: a room full of engaging games and activities, and a therapist who is carefully guiding a child towards a specific goal.
There will be laughter, encouragement and opportunities to play. But there will also be moments when I ask a child to stop, listen careful...
Sounds have to be organised into syllables, words and phrases. A child needs to coordinate these parts to produce longer words successfully.
This can be particularly relevant for children who:
leave out parts of longer words simplify multisyllabic words have reduced speech intelligibility have phonological difficultie...