Re: Adult Speech Therapy - Cleft Lip pallete question.

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:45:29 +0000, "Phantom" <Phantom@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Hi,
>im a "young adult" (18). I have one of those cleft lip and pallete things, as a result, my speech is far from perfect. At the moment, im not too bothered about my apperance, but I am quite bothered about my speech. To direct family, I can talk "normally" and im understood. With my friends, I am usually understood, but with some difficultys. When you talk to new people, I am noticing I have to try and slow down my speech etc to be fully understood. On top of that, I apparently drop a lot of t's etc and dont round off my words properly.
>
>I was just wondering, as im 18, is it too late to correct any of these speech problems, or is it too late for me?
>
>Im in the united kingdom, if that helps (in terms of finding someone suitable / what to look for and where)
>
>P.s. I remember as a young child having speech theoropy, but dont think i took it seriously, as was too young to understand what its for etc.
>
>Thanks to anyone who replies :-)

It's never too late. Ask your GP to refer you to a specialist for
evaluaton.

This is a link to an American site so the details won't be relevant
but the gist of it is still the same.

http://www.cleftline.org/publications/adult.htm

A hearing test might also be in order.

Good luck
Ann
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