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What did you have to do in speech therapy?

I had speech therapy at school for 2 years when I was 11-13 years old. It was mainly focusing on me trying to say certain words such as "S", "SH", "CH" and getting me to listen.
 
I had problem pronouncing those consonant clusters too and also thing like 'w', 'th', and especially 'r' among others. We played lotta Memory with cards - like, u pick one and I pick another same, except before my turn I had to pronounce something a certain way.
 
I took speech therapy from the time I was in kindergarten up until I dropped out in 10th grade. Always the same thing, memory card games, reading out loud, repeating words I couldn't pronounce correctly over and over again. Never could pronounce the CH sound right... it sounds like SH, so I made sure I never said chitty-chitty bang bang! Seriously I got detention for swearing!
 
My dad tried to give me speech lessons when I was 4 years old! My dad was born in Russisa and they did not use 'th' in their language. Dad would sit at table with me and tell me to count to 3 . Dad would say " one , two , Tree! " I would have to say it back to my dad just the way he did or he would get mad.When I said one , two , Tree my dad would say good girl! I sound just like him and that was wonderful to dad! My older sister and brother would be standing in the door way the whole time listening and tireding not to LOL!
 
I am 22 years old. My mom and sis still gives me speech therapy. I don't like it, but they want me to keep up with my speech and not mumble anymore.
 
Getting speech therapy in middle school and high school was a huge waste of my time.

It was all repetitive. Was very useless.
 
I had speech therapy from 16 months to Senior year. I hated it... I always dread the speech therapy.

I always had problem with letter Z.... I can't say Zoo good... when I say Zoo... it sounds like scoo.

My speech therapy teacher Missy always had words on the list and makes me practice saying those words. If I pass it, then I move on to more words. If I don't pass it, she would make flash cards and makes me keep practicing it. Then at end of the school year, I'm to take IEP test.... go through some kind of book that shows pictures and she would say a word and I have to point one out of four photos that matches the word or the meaning. God that was boring as hell and I hated it!

I'm just so grateful that I'm DONE with speech therapy... had that enough in my life... I mean 17 years of my life, I have been doing/dealing with speech therapy.

But if there's a time that I mispronounce the word or don't get the meaning, Dad would correct me on it, no matter how old I am. He still does it to this day.
 
I had speech therapy when I was 7 to 8 years old my mother had me pull out because she said I started talking funny :roll:
 
What did she mean you started talking funny?

I think my speech therapist let me stopped going because i was getting bored of it. At the last session she was lecturing me and saying that I have to remember how to pronouce words with the correct letters e.g sh , ch , s etc as i get older my brain wont use them blah blah. I don't really care because I know people can understand me and if they don't I can repeat it until they get it or write it down if i have to which never happens
 
I had speech therapy when I was in elementary school. When I entered junior high school, my speech therapist told me I didn't need it any more.

Everyone is different.
 
I had speech therapy since Kindergarten 'til 12th grade.

Sometimes, I liked it sometimes, I did not. I thought of it as a way of getting out of the classroom at school. :giggle:

Did it help. I feel it did help me. I actually practiced what I was taught in Speech.

I had a hard time pronouncing words, especially words with silent letters.

Everyone is different.
 
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DeafLissa90 said:
What did she mean you started talking funny?

I think my speech therapist let me stopped going because i was getting bored of it. At the last session she was lecturing me and saying that I have to remember how to pronouce words with the correct letters e.g sh , ch , s etc as i get older my brain wont use them blah blah. I don't really care because I know people can understand me and if they don't I can repeat it until they get it or write it down if i have to which never happens
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My mother had a hard time dealing with my hearing loss. she could not accept it. It was one of her ways to keep me out of speech class so she said I was talking funny that I needed to get pull out :roll:
 
I had one speech teacher when I was 15. The woman told she was a hillbilly and that she the only person in her family to go to college. She was the best teacher I ever had! She would read a book to me with no voice and I had to tell her what she read! She would also sit sideway and had me try to read her lips! She also help with sounds like th sh ch . When I was finish taking lessons I could read lips from the front and sideway of a person face!
 
I know, I am too late to answer to this thread.....please excuse me for this....
I had speech therapist when i was not even admitted at school, most probably at the age of 4 years old.Mostly was sorts of games, listening to sounds(like" hey turn around, and raise your hand if you can hear the sound! BEEP!)
then i dropped it, the reason is unknown to me.
Then again i had my speech theraphy at age of 10 and contimued for ext three years....like you deaflissa, I did s,sh,ch , and z and i was forced to repeat those boring word again and again.
 
I had a speech therapist that I went to quite frequently when I was really really little (under 5). We are still sort of in contact with her just to let her know how I'm doing. I didn't spend too long in speech therapy because I really didn't need it. I still worked on speech therapy with a deaf & hard of hearing teacher in the primary grades but then they stopped. I have two very well-spoken parents and I have been told that I am also well-spoken. :)
 
I had speech therapy since growing up, not sure of the age I start. I did liked it because it helps me pronounce words correctly, without speech, I wouldn't be speaking or using my voice or wouldn't knew how to pronounce words correctly.
 
I had speech therapy at 3 years old until 14 years old. It was frustrate to me because i can't hear my voice with OLD HA. First speech therapy was nice, second was bitch, third therapist is my favorite, 4th is my favorite therapist, 5th was nice lady, the last 2 bitch speech therapy at deaf school. I stopped take speech therapy when I was freshman. I didn't like my last speech therapist with bad attitude. So I gave it up on speech until now. Because the hearing aids are not help to hear my voice enough. The people think my voice speech sound funny. :roll:

Now I can hear my voice with CI. I can do my best to find a new speech therapy. I will curious what the word sound like. I can hear people's call me with name and rhythms.
 
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