Some might find this insensitive, and to that I say when you have a child with a speech/language delay, you have to find some humor. So we have dubbed Tyson's speech as "Tyson-ese" and the official translator is none other than big sister Kacie! Here are just a few of his words and their meanings.
Kay-Kee: Kacie, his sister. This is a huge improvement from "Ay-ee" as it contains actual consonants!
Be-mere Be mere!: Come here Come here! He struggles with words that have CVC patterns in which the first consonant is made with the soft palate and the second consonant is made with the front of the mouth. He also cannot make the "h" sound.
Pup: cup
Mammick and Mo-wee: Maverick and Molly, our pugs
wa-were: water. If you slow him down, he will insert the "t" sound.
pweeze: please, but I do notice the actual word once in a while now.
women: swimming He really struggles with the s sound.
OK, so those are just a few examples. Many words he says very well, others sound slurred, but the success story here is that we can actually FIND patterns of errors! Rather than his speech just being one big mess, we can actually identify things to work on. The progress is so exciting, and hopefully soon we will no longer need the translator for Tyson-ese.
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So glad he is making progress ... and he can say the K sound! I'm thinking more and more Jake's palate is not long enough for him to make the sound physically. His doctor didn't think so this time last year, but he decided to give speech a try. Meanwhile his therapist has him making all the right moves, so when he can do it he will know how to work his mouth and lips. The V and L will come as he, as you say, slows down and learns to use his lip against his palate and his teeth with the air coming out of his mouth. Jake can do those on command but not so much in normal speech. I wished we lived closer so we could talk our guys and their speech patterns more.
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I've enjoyed following your journey! Our Kai has some of the same speech issues, and it can be really frustrating, especially when I'm not around to translate (although my daughter is a pretty good translator too!)
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