Did you have speech therapy

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I didn't, but I think I should have. Not that my way of speaking has been a big problem throughout my life, but when I listen to recordings/videos of myself, I realize how I don't enunciate well, even if at the time of recording, I felt I was speaking pretty clearly. I kind of sound drunk ...And it doesn't help that I have spacey, sleepy eyes...people probably think I do lots of drugs...oh dear But I do notice on a regular basis that my words feel garbled and slurred in my mouth sometimes.

I was once evaluated by the speech therapist at my elementary school when I was 6 or 7 because my parents and/or teacher and/or GP were concerned about my speech because I was born with the "tongue tie" deformation. I had corrective surgery, but my speech is still definitely not the best and I'm not sure how much of a difference there is from before the surgery. I don't even recall ever seeing the speech therapist for followup afterwards. I'm not really sure what exactly causes my speech difficulties these days. It would be nice to figure this out and get therapy for it, but again, it's not a big problem, just a minor obstacle and embarrassment. Plus, I'm not really sure where to begin anyway.

P.S. Greetings, WP

I never had speech therapy, but it's probably something i should get.

I had speech therapy in elementary school. 4th grade I think. (Definitely 4th, 5th or 6th, because it was at the school I went to those years.) I don't remember (if I even knew) why I was sent. What I particularly remember was being taught to open my mouth big when talking. I don't have a lot of memories of it. My childhood memories in general are somewhat scant.

I don't honestly know how much it helped me as far as conversational speech. I've no point of comparison.

I'm a lector at church -- reading bible readings, prayers, and announcements to the congregation, with a microphone -- and I'm quite certain it helped me with that. I think that the speech therapy I had as a child is why I'm one of the better lectors. The skills I learned in speech therapy are ones that are used even more so in speaking to a large group. In particular, articulating well.

On the other hand, in church choir, I had to learn to open my mouth tall instead of big. Like a zero (0) instead of a circle.

I went to speech therapy in elementary school. It was just me and the speech teacher, no one else. I wondered why the other kids didn't come with me to speech class. A lot of kids made fun of me in school (in elementary school, Jr High and High school), partly because of the way I talked.

My son started speech in 2nd grade for pragmatic speech issues. Pronunciation and all that were perfect - he is actually a very good public speaker. He graduated from speech in 5th grade and then re-qualified in 6th based on difficulty with some subtext in language understanding - metaphors or synonyms or something like that. Through speech he has also gotten social skills assistance, but the qualifier has to be something else. If anyone finds it odd that he goes, he is unaware of it. He likes speech class.

Yes.
At my first school.

Nobody told me why though or what I was doing "wrong".

I still don't understand why I was given therapy.
I don't remember how it helped me.
I just remember feeling very confused and frightened.
I felt like there was some sort of hidden agenda going on which no-one would tell me about.

Yeah, though it was years before I got my diagnosis of Asperger's. Back then my parents didn't even know about Asperger's Syndrome, nor did they know why I was being sent to Speech Therapy.

I had speech thearaphy

one because I didn't wanna speak for a while, which was stupid because i was upset and going through hell and the last thing i wanted was some therapist saying " the ball is on the table" "the ball is under the table" where is the ball? which i replied "beside the f*****g table"!


two because when I did I took things very littually this speach theraphy worked. I have semantic pradmatic problems and needed help with sentance structure and better ways to socially communicate what i wanted to say. I couldnt' follow conversations well and took things littually. It helped a bit but i still struggle but would do more if I didn't get help.

Another thing that helped me learn communication skills was performing arts. even tho I didn't make friends in the company I was with or at univercity doing a drama degree I still learned about the way people work a bit better and how to speak when I want something or have an idea.

There's a happy coincidence, considering your special interests.

I had to have speech therapy when I was younger for the weirdest reason. I had (and still have to a lesser extent) a New York accent!! I couldn't say my r's properly because of the accent. What's even weirder is that I never have been to New York and was born in Oregon! Now I live in Washington state. My dad was from New York though. Now my brother is the one who needs speech therapy since I can't understand a word he says!

I probably could do with some speech therapy. I speak ridiculously fast. Always have done and my friends have countlessly told me to repeat whatever I was saying to them.

Yes, for stuttering and because I had trouble pronouncing certain consonants when I was younger.

Yes and no. It was in second or third grade (early 1960s) and I very seldom ever spoke and when I did it was stuttering, stammering and with a very strong desire to run and hide. One day I was taken from class to the office of the speech therapist. He spoke with me maybe 60 seconds asking some yes and no questions. I answered him and he took me back to class and said there was nothing wrong with my speech. The next time I spoke in front of a stranger was about 5 years later. I think the therapist may have been wrong.

My mum wanted me to go to speech therapy because I didn't and still don't talk correctly, I went for about 1 and a half maybe 2 years..
But it was my choice and I didn't want to go.. So I still talk the same,

Yes but not in school. I don't remember because I was too young but my mom says I had speech therapy because when I finnaly did learn to talk (at 4), everything came out so fast and all at once it couldn't be understood. My mom says I sounded like a robot but she worked with me on that, even today if I try to fake enthusiam or "pep", I sound like Mickey Mouse on drugs.

That's odd. I think I remember being pulled out of class from about 2nd grade all the way through 5th grade for speech therapy. If I remember right, I had troubles with w's and something else. I hate to say it, but I've kept the slight speech impairment with the r's more or less as a way of having a little character and to not sound quite so scarily smart. However, when I'm singing or needing to sound professional, I attempt to ditch the accent. Sometimes that accent comes out full force if I'm tired.

Is there anyone around here that hasn't had speech therapy and doesn't need it?