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- Learn how to create a clear and precise /s/ sound on its own in less than 5 minutes! "S" is the fifth most frequent sound for English. If you struggle to create a clean /s/ this video is for you!
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S distortion can have a profound impact on your speech clarity. Consider a tailored speech pathology program to equip you with a consistent /s/ to enhance your English pronunciation, communication success or scores for English examinations. See more about a diagnostic assessment online or face-to-face with appointments here: thevoicescienc...
Many non-native speakers of English find it challenging to produce an accurate /s/ sound. This video will get you started on busting any /s/ imprecision!
Sarah is the chief speech pathologist at Voice Science and also a professional opera singer. In this video, she provides a quick demonstration for how to create a correct /s/ sound.
Are you confused about any sounds for English? Ask a question in the comments below and we will respond!
Otherwise, check out the website for more information on accent reduction here : thevoicescienc...
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Just wondering.....whose cruel idea was it for the word 'lisp' to have an 's' in it?
Faustus - Ha, good question.
I know right, frustrates the crap out of me when people ask why I talk funny. “Oh I just have a lishhhp”
getting in right i fucking know right
@@graa878 exactly.
Satan himself
I am very loud and fun, but since I got a lisp I don't talk to people unless I'm very comfortable with them and I hate that.
Hi! Oh that is so tough! Is there any way you can get some treatment to assist you. It is really not easy avoiding communicating in life, unfortunately we all have to do it! I completely understand your frustration but it is GREAT you have people you are comfortable talking with.
Yep same here
Agreed when I start to get loud and giggly my lisp comes out and sometimes when I sing
You can cure a lisp in minutes it's easy I've done it for lots of kids in my village
I just shake it off and try and talk slower and clearer good luck and if you get made fun of just remember that God gave you a voice so give it to him!
Why is s even a letter oh my god
I can feel u bbruuhhh 😔
Same with th, I feel targethed
I theriouthly hate my lithp.....I feel like thtabbing mythelf in the drumthick.
@@tasteslikechicken1371 - I theriously feel your pain and thuffering😢
HA my lisp is gone (;;;;;;;
It's so mean that a lisp is spelled with an 's' :(
Yes I know and I agree! I think the term should be renamed.
right
Jump right bruhhhh abahahahahaha people would be like dude u talk weird or stuff and im like i have a lissssp and mid way i just say lispffff cuz i give up on it lol then one of my bros (only person ik with a lisp) said he fixed it and i was like i could fix it but i rather not and he told me like a week or two ago and idky but im deciding to try fixing it now
Same case with "stuttering", mean word for those who have trouble with it. And to explain that a liSp is a Sibilant Sound Some people make when they Speak. oh boy...
i knoooooooooooooow T_T
I'm 16 years old and I've been living with a lisp for very long time. At first, I didn't think much of it. Throughout elementary, I didn't really notice me having one. But then I got to high school. High school is a very tough time with a lisp. I've lost all self-confidence and hardly ever speak anymore. Sometimes I can go days without hearing my own voice because I myself don't even want to hear my own lisp.
Legit Jonny I'm going through the same thing
Don't be afraid to talk, don't let a stupid little lisp bring u down
Make jokes about
Embrace it!
if you make fun of yourself nobody can make fun of you, own it, and work towards fixing it that's what I'm doing :) I'm 25 and a lot of my friends don't even remember I have a lisp so it makes it even harder to realize sometimes.
Wise words Edward!
That is a really great strategy Zack. Thanks for sharing it with everyone! I might tell my clients to do the same. Keep up the practice and stay goal focused.
I relate to your situation a lot. I sucked my thumb when I was little and I had that habit until I was nine, which made the top of my mouth the resting place for my tongue, which I think might be the cause of my lisp. I never really thought anything of it back then, but now in high school, I very rarely speak in public because I'm afraid of messing up my speech and embarrasing myself in front of people. I totally understand what you're going through. Remember that you're not going through this alone - there are other people (like me) who have the same issue. :)
I didn’t really notice I had a lisp until my friend pointed it out, Ive tried as hard as I can but I can’t say s or c or x properly, Ive lost a lot of confidence talking to people
Badgers R bae 😕yeahh
They pointed it out to me in kindergarten and I had to see someone to fix it but after a while they made me stop going so I assumed it was over and never worried again except for some instances in middle and high school when people assumed I said an f instead of an s, but no one really told me I had a lisp so I kept hoping it wasn't real, or people would've told me about it. Recently my friend mocked me for my lisp and now I know it's real. Because of this I cry myself to sleep every night and I am most likely going to kill myself within a few weeks, coming from a person who used to bash people for saying emo shit like that online.
I have the exact same problem, and when they mention it, it gets a lot worse.
Hi @@fuzz6263, I hope you're doing okay man. Life is so precious and the only thing in it you can never fix/correct/make better is making the mistake of taking it away. I'm sure you have a lot going on, but this specifically is such a small problem in the grand scheme of how wonderful the world and life can be. I'm going to be thinking about you, whoever you may be, and wishing you peace and joy. You owe it to yourself and deserve it.
Same I was saying something to be funny and she said “It would sound better if you didn’t have a lisp” and I thought oh yeah, because I originally thought I had a mix of many accents and sounded weird but it was because I have a lisp
Her: go sssssssssss
Me: thhhhhhhhhhhhh
Don't lose the faith! Keep trying!!!
😂😂😂😂💀
loooooooooooool
saameee
same
lmao one reason I can't STAND my voice when I hear it in a video is because of my lisp akskdkskdjd
v whatever ur on stan twitter aren’t u
same oml 😭
that's why I don't want to consistently make YT videos and twitch stream
Omg-sameeee
Bossmarcus 34 bro we really living the same life
Why is this never corrected early? No classes for it in schools? Barbaric.
Well I mean, not everyone has it.
Yeah I agree with Ulek_ but it would be nice to have like one or two speech therapy lessons in foundation stage
I was always confident but then a new kid in my friend group pointed out my lisp which no one else noticed and now i feel like shit cuz he always takes the piss outta me but i cant fight him cuz he has asthma so that has led me to this video
@@__-ft9nm i got some and they helped but one of my teeth fell out and it fucked it up
In multiple schools in my county, people can take speech therapy.
For 57 years, I have lived with my lisp. Now, after 5 minutes, your video has made a tremendous difference in my speech. I am thrilled and grateful. I will practice making this new way of speaking a habit.
Christine Z wow!!!! That is amazing!!! I hope it’s going well now!!!
Really I've had a severe one my whole life (19 years) and would deeply appreciate knowing how you managed it
@@Random-sk6hm I stood in front of a mirror and recorded myself over and over while carefully placing my tongue against my gums just below my front teeth, smiling, and saying the dreaded S sound. I used to place my tongue against my teeth creating a long hissing sound as opposed to a th lisp. I hope this helps! Good luck.
Hi Christine, I have also been living with this for 55 years. my work over the past 12 - 13 years has been doing public speaking knowing I have a lisp and trying to avoid the S word which is pretty impossible but yet I keep going. watching this five-minute snippet has already helped me big time. I replied to your message because we both have been dealing with this for a similar amount of years
and am encouraged to see other people my age have the same problem.
@@christinez7619 Hey can you please help...I am going through tough phase because of my lisp...It will great if you can help me...I request you... ✨🙏😣
I really hate my lisp! I hate the people who are laughing because of this😣😭😤
Same :'(
Ayah Mendz LISPS ARE SO CUTE THO
@@fish-sd3jw nah
I get picked on for it
I feel u
Sometimes I pronounced S properly and sometimes I lisp. I find this video really helpful as I think I'm improving thanks Voice Science !
Mj Ian steven Labrador sorry I only just saw this!!!$ bravo that’s amazing to hear!
I hateee my lisp I even don’t say certain words just cause it has an S in it so I can save myself from the embarrassment lol
NoThisIsPatrick omg same lol
yassssss, for some reason i also can't say jewerly
Same I usually say ruler for scale
@@x.mariah.x6841 thats not lisp, thats dyslexia😂
Hi I'm 16 and have always had a lisp since I was too stubborn as a child to listen to the speech therapist! My lisp does not sound like a 'th' but it is still strong. I think the sound is coming out of the left side of teeth instead of wherever it should be. It really effects my confidence. Do you have any tips to help please? Thanks
When your name's spelling has S on it
Christian is mine
My first and last name have an S in it
Ikr, its embarrassing for me to introduce myself 😣
Oh! My first and last name both start with s.. I find it very embarrassing to introduce myself..many a times when I would ignore if anyone asked my name so that the person would answer that for me...
ughh I can relate
I like my lisp
It’s part of my personality
But I sound so weird in recordings and when I try singing, it kinda sucks
But no one really cares if I have one
I hate my voice in videos
Same
@@jackhumphreys106 hahaha
I hate it too
I'm right there with you. It's so hard doing recordings for radio stations or even singing.
Confidence 100
For 29 years, I've lived with an intense lisp that I didn't even know it has a name "lateral". 4 years ago, as a pass time before bed, I decided to search TH-cam on ways to fix it. I was expecting to get a list of nearby speech therapy clinics or something like that. After watching your 5 min video, my lisp was gone. I was so shocked that I had to record my voice and send it to my brothers because I literally didn't believe my ears. Today, I came across a random video where the topic had nothing to do with the lisp but the TH-camr had a pretty pronounced lisp. I remembered what happened to me and for an hour, I kept searching my browsing history looking for your video so I can share it with that random guy. And in the process I remembered that I owe a very sincere THANK you that is long due by now. So Thank you!
Migo B- wow!!! Just wow! I am not on this channel regularly and only just had the time to come and check the comments! Your message has absolutely made my day, week and possibly even year. I am so chuffed, delighted and happy for you and the beautiful gesture of thanks really goes above and beyond. What great news!!!!
A lisp aint the only thing i can bust in 5 minutes.
jsummerspear oh dayum 😂
o h n o
*oh ma god he on X games mode*
B R U H
i have been to years of speech therapy and still nothing. i hate it. everyone makes fun of me and school. my nickname is lisp. people dont understand that i cant control it.
Hi Isabelle. ARGH that makes me so angry to hear that people would dare to ridicule you. Has your speech therapist instructed you in what custom tongue position you need to get a clear /s/? Perhaps you need to trial a few different approaches outlined in comments above. Speech pathology sessions should work! In fact we need to measure our clients' progress in our notes in % per session and if there is no improvement then something is not going well! Do you practice daily exercises?
Voice Science I practice all the time. It just won't go away. Im trying to teach myself that its who i am but i hate getting teased. the kids at school act like they've never heard someone with a lisp. When i was younger my speach therapists thought my tounge was in the incorrect place as i was speaking, that wasnt the case, then they thought it was my teeth alignment, went through years if braces, still lisp, i have sort if given up on trying to get rid of it. Its a part if who i am now, and anyone who doesnt like it can F off.
My lisp gets worse when i place my tongue behind my top teeth 😂
Sameeee 😂🤣
Wait mine was worse at the bottom 😂 how did you do that
I can't for the life of me do it with the tongue at the bottom. I sound like a dysfunctional pressure cooker
@@kamisamiart1761 I sound like a tea kettle lol
SAAAME BRO
Hi I'm 19 years old and have a lisp I can't say the s and z word but now after I saw your video I'm going to try the s but please do the z word it's hard to do it my lisp is making my life very hard because I shy to say the s and z words so I ignore those words with s and z sounds
Hello @Aboo Samrah Thank you for your comment and I am sorry to take a fortnight to reply! A lisp can really have a big impact on communication but don't give up and try not to avoid communicating despite having a lisp. Try drilling the sound for /s/ and /z/ on there own. I have another video on how to accurately say /z/ which may also help get you started. See here : th-cam.com/video/uE0NO1wfEQc/w-d-xo.html and also here: th-cam.com/video/h41Am1-RpTk/w-d-xo.html
Aboo samrah same
I had never realized had a lisp until my friend pointed it out. It keeps getting worse and worse overtime.
Same here.
I didn’t notice mine until middle school when people started pointing it out and then I began noticing it in recordings of myself, I’ve been really stressed out and have been avoiding the letter s as much as possible but this helped heaps thank you so much
Literally same ! Whenever I record myself singing it sounds annoying.
Wow. Thank you. The tongue behind the bottom teeth is a real game changer for me. I've been lisping for over 50 years and that's the best suggestion I have ever heard. Thank you again.
Woah wait a minutttte! I just tried the second way where you position your tongue behind your top teeth and omg I’m actually so shook cause I’ve been so self conscious of my lisp. I feel so happy right now omg
2 years later and I have no lisp, amazing tutorial
This sounds impossible, we cant get rid of our lisp
@@felixberdz143 yeah you can?
I simply cant hear if I am doing it right, it just doesn't feel normal to position my tongue that way.
right
Kurturmis me too
Hi! It will always feel STRANGE and ABNORMAL when a sound change occurs because you body and ears are getting used to it. Use the mirror as a measure and see if the tongue is coming through the cracks of the teeth. If it isn't my guess is you are getting closer to your target. Sorry to take TOO LONG to reply! I've now allocated once per week to get back to people's comments. You might like to check the next /s/ video here: th-cam.com/video/INSIEXcEBpA/w-d-xo.html Be sure to subscribe as I'm trying to develop more content for /s/ for you all due to such positive responses from everyone.
th-cam.com/video/INSIEXcEBpA/w-d-xo.html
Same
I was made fun of growing up for my lisp and I’m totally okay with it. People probably still laugh at me when I talk. Once you can accept your self for who you are, it truly doesn’t matter! Makes you that much more unique! Now, I did come here because I do want to know how people really do say s normally 🤣 it’s freaking impossible for me
Thank you for sharing this. I think your comment will really advocate and help others here who are struggling. Thanks for the beautiful, kind words of support.
Thank you so very much. You have just improved my self confidence by 100%
Did this years ago and watched this video most days. Totally forget I ever had a lisp because this video helped me completely fix it!! I can't even pronounce S the way I used to anymore. Just thought i'd come back here and say thankyou because i really hated it :)
Wow! I can't believe this, how amazing. This is exactly why I made this video in the hope that it might change someone's life Japared Oakfield, you've made my day. Sorry it's taken so long to see this comment and give you a polite reply. Have a wonderful day! Sarah
Hi! I'm quite late, but oh well. I'm currently 13, and I've had a lisp since I was 4. My parents tried to take me to a speech therapist, but still nothing. It's annoying, because people at school make fun of me, they don't understand I can't control it. I even got rejected because of it.
I'm not comfortable with talking to anyone I don't know, and if I do I say like 1 word to them and that's it.
I think this is the best video. I learned how to do it properly in one night, thank the lord, but I'm still practicing getting it right every time. I've realized my main problem was airflow to help me project and pronounce S.
I'm in my late 30's. I was teased when I was in school, I remember one kid in particular was cruel. Just a SOB and made fun of me. I am not as bad as some people, but I am definitely self conscious. I should of practice more, here I am almost mid life and practicing. If you have young kids, get them help early.
Johnn Vedder yes! Very important to get kids sorted if they have a lisp! I hope you’ve got some new strategies out of this!
I have a bit of a lisp. It's gotten better over the years, but lately it's kind of been coming back. This video was very helpful.
Thank you so much, I originally came to this video to help with my "s" with a retainer and it really helped but I could also tell my friends/family where to go if they have problems too
Hello Jamal! I am so delighted to receive such positive feedback from you and to hear that this was beneficial for someone struggling with clear speech and a new retainer!! Happy New Year and enjoy your clear /s/ sound!
I have a lisp. I began noticing it during primary school, this was when people on my Literacy Table would tease me because of it. I just turned away and said, “it’s not my fault”. I hate having a lisp because it disables me from what I love most, singing. People make fun of me because I pronounce things differently due to my lisp. I usually try not to talk to people, but it’s kind of in my nature to be socially active. I am a Gemini after all! I’ve tried finding tutorials of how to get rid of it because I have heard from people that speech therapy should help, but I’m scared of asking my parents. Before I go, this was an excellent tutorial and I hope that it helped people. Might not help everyone, but keep going. x
It's been 5 years do you still have it?
why am i even watching this, i dont have a lisp
lucky
bad genetics = lisp
i’m getting invisilign 😂 preparing myself
Lucky I do and I want to get rid of it
BABY YOUR NAME 😭 MONSTA X GOT THEIR FIRST WIN 😭❤
idk what happened over the course of this 5 minute video to have made this happen but ive become deeply enamored with this cute woman
She’s giving instructions but she don’t understand that someone with a lisp can’t do that
Yeah I can't actually push air out like that?
She understands because she is a speech pathologist, she probably knows more about lisps than people with lisps, and she is doing this to help people :)
Its actually easy, at first it might be a struggle but if u get used to it u gucci
This was fantastic help, esp the dynamics explanation, and the exercises. I had a problem with a lisp when I was a kid. Last year a medicine I was prescribed made my lisp come back, I think because it made my tongue feel sort of frozen. Weird I know, so I stopped taking it and the lisp went away. Just thought I'd mention this in case anybody noticed a lisp getting worse and that it might be from a medicine.
QUESTION: For years I never knew I had a lisp until someone told me. After watching recorded videos of myself I was shocked I discover I had one. Also, I think too much hard drinking to the point of slurring my words has damaged my brain in a way to effect my speech and my lisp has gotten worse. Has or Does anyone else have any similar experiences?
Me too! I’m so annoyed and i wish the girl who told me never did lol
When I was 14 I found out that I had a lisp because of people making childish little comments on it. Around this time I had lost lots of self confidence and whenever I brought it up with my mum she would say that I should not listen to them and said that it was cute. Then finally after bugging her about it and telling her that it doesn’t matter how she feels about it and it’s about my confidence she finally let me get the right ‘therapy’. Till this day I can say ‘s’ and ‘z’ words without an issue and this has really made an impact on my school grades! It just goes to show that you can overcome anything when you persevere so don’t worry if you are feeling down because you can always find a way through it all :)
When your name is Ace and you have a lisp fml
everyone says my lisp isn’t even noticeable but i think it is especially when i sing or hear videos of myself…i hate it and i try to avoid saying S words, i just hate it smmm
I didn’t know I had a lisp until recently. I was sending voice recordings as a joke and my S’s were just TERRIBLE
I have always had a pronounced lisp and it used to bother me alot. A couple people have made fun if me for it until I pointed out insecurities of theirs and they backed off. Everyone is insecure about something. If this video helps with your lisp, awesome. If not remember, it is usually worse to you than other people. Don't get down on yourself!
So the whole time I’ve been sticking my tongue slightly too far out :/ I feel dumb
It’ll be easily correctible for me if i can just get into the habit so thanks
By the way, i did i fix it, took about 3 days to perfect and was easy, thanks!
@@strange4414 nice! I'm just now working on it
I suddenly got a lisp i couldnt shake ALL day while out with friends 😳 I didnt even truly notice until i came home and my mom told me. I have spoken correctly my whole life and one day suddenly I wake up with a lisp 😱
I'm exactly the same! So annoying ;_;
She had to flex by starting off with "so excited..." 😂💀
Thank you SO MUCH, after watching this video a couple of times and taking speech therapy after 4 months my teacher/mom finally noticed a difference and next week I’m going to GRARDUATE from classes!
Just so anybody reads this I have faith in you and I believe you will eventually get the sound 😄
That’s awesome news! Bravo!!!!!
Thank you!
this video was very helpful and now my s's. Now my parents say i sound like elon musk.
I’m so so happy to hear this!!! Stay tuned to our channel we have a new video with strategies for lisp correction in case you want to pick up a few new ideas!
I've already knew that I have lisp when I was in Elementary. I'm isolating myself from others because they might knew. My confidence deflated and I'm afraid that they would bully me because of my lisp. Until I got from secondary and it improved my confidence but not how I pronounce s. It still bothered me tho but I've no choice. Now I'm 18 and I just finished my SHS I decided to take a job application for call center. My huge problem is my lisp and I'm grateful that I've found this video. I hope I'll improve so that my confidence ass will come back as I used to be.
At a very young age, I've been taught to place my tongue at the bottom of my teeth to say my s sounds. A few years later I got a new speech therapist she told me to put my tongue at the top this new placement mess me up. I'm so used to placing my tongue at the bottom placing my tongue at the top is so foreign to me. It made my s sounds sound force ( I'm not sure on to describe it accurately) when i place it at the bottom it has clearer ( i believe), but it has dragged out s sound.
Embarrassingly i believe the reason for my trouble of placing my tongue at the correct position is because I've been sucking my thumb to sleep till i was 12 years old ( Short side story my speech my therapist told me to place my sides of tongue at the hands of my teeth and make u shape i could never do that.)
amber hilterbran yeah I have one too and you could here it in my videos.My friend busted my tooth when I was very young and Caused me to have a bad s sound.i wish you all the best.And I’m getting braces so it could help it
@@Gruntums the link doesn't work
Wow! I am British born Chinese and never knew there could have been a reason for my slight lisp
Hi I have a lisp and I'm really shy to say any z or s words which makes my life harder and every time I say s or z my mouth twist a little bit and I just want to know if that's normal and if I can get rid of the mouth twisting and the lisp Please Respond
Hello Mohammed, thank you for your question and sorry I've take too long to reply to you!
The mouth twisting sounds like a compensatory behaviour you may be using. This could be reduced with some speech pathology intervention. I suspect we need to drill the target sounds in simpler levels (ie., words by themselves) then work up to to longer phrases with feedback regarding mouth visuals to reduce the unnecessary mouth movement. Let me know if you have any more questions, or, if you are in Australia or abroad, you are welcome to come to Voice Science for some help! All the best!!!
The letter S should be abolished, considering so many people struggle with it - kids, deaf people, toothless people, intoxicated people, regular people, etc. My second language is Korean, where the S is pronounced softer, so even if you have a lisp, it doesn't sound as obvious as having a lisp in English. Also in Korea, a lisp is considered a quirk, not a speech impediment, so it doesn't have the same negative connotation associated with having a lisp in American culture. There's a famous male actress who's known for his lisp, and women who have it are adored for it, because it makes them sound more youthful.
What's more upsetting is my boyfriend has the letter s in his name I'm like 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I tell him I want to cut out my tongue and he says "I can do it for you" joking lmao
Im 17 now and I've never dedicated my self so hard to speak without a lisp training myself to do it after so long is aggravating
Also my lisp seems to push the air out the side more often then bad tounge placement
@@Enexro Stay tuned ENEXRO to our website blog- this week we have a really helpful one coming around lisps and we cover this exact issue for you. It will be published in here. thevoicescience.com/tips I'll try to pop the link up for you in the next few days when it publishes. In the meantime to keep you focused on your speaking goals check this blog post about making habits: thevoicescience.com/creating-habits-that-go-the-distance/
I have a lisp ....but when in around people I just don't say stuff like...or,are and others
My S is almost perfect, but I've got two flaws, one more treatable than the other.
Whenever my mouth is dry, I get a _terrible_ lisp. But a gallon of water will fix that.
What my real problem is, is one of my teeth is screwed up and points directly back into my mouth, forcing my tongue to maneuver around it, causing a slight, yet permanent lisp.
I never knew i had lisp , it's just in school everyone made fun of the way i talk , they always asked me to pronounce certain words . That's why bcoz of that i started avoiding talking or just the words which has "s" sounds in them . It just makes me emotional everytime i think why i have a lisp , my vocab is gr8 , my communication is great (in writing) , it's just bcoz of lisp I can't have a oral communication with someone without feeling anxiety, shyness and many emotions
i feel you man,, i have a lisp and a i stutter
@@kevn-dz3hs sending u alot of emotional support man virtually ❤️ 🤜🤝
I'm so happy this was explained to me. One of the worst things about having a lisp is that many people and most people wont tell you so you may never correct it, in your life time.
I understand how this would help, and I appreciate it, but I have a frontal lisp and when I try to fix my S words like this, it feels like my tongue is too big to fit in my mouth to say S words correctly, is it true it can't be fixed?
Kyle Jaeger Same, when I close my teeth and try to make an s it just doesn't work
HI Kyle, sorry to take TOO long to reply to your question. I've now allocated time weekly to get back to people's comments and you were prioritised! Most frontal lisps will have that feeling that it is so hard to conceal the tongue at the front of the mouth, as the issue with a frontal lisp is the tongue comes forward into the space in front of the teeth. It will feel strange and maybe even "wrong" once you secure it behind your teeth. Try and curl it in the centre perhaps to make sure it sits low enough. You want to position it at the base not agains the back of the teeth or it will be really hard to achieve the required air pressure. OR if your tongue is quite long (macroglossia is a term to check or even consider a diagnosis for lisp to get some more tailored strategies) it may be better for you to instead place the tongue at the top of the mouth behind the top teeth rather than the bottom teeth as then you can use the length of it more and not feel like it is so long. Let me know how you go! Otherwise check our next /s/ video here: th-cam.com/video/INSIEXcEBpA/w-d-xo.html and subscribe to the channel as there is more /s/ videos coming in the pipeline.
Hi Gerry, check the comments to Kyle below. I hope these suggestions help.
Ive had a lisp for most of my life and im only 13 i went to speech therapy for 6 years and made no progress and eventually they kicked me out this video helped alot.
I am so happy it helped. You should see more tips over here: thevoicescience.com/fix-your-lisp/ Get your hands on our handout on the webpage, it might give you more ideas.
I only noticed that I had this and I realise that I am putting it under my teeth not behind so thanks !
I don’t notice my lisp unless I listen to myself on recording and on top of that I have a very English accent and I live in Scotland.
Omg same! From what I read it means we have a slight lisp and audio recordings exacerbate it.
I got a lisp but people say my lisp cute because, I got a up north accent with it 😂
Oh my G-d, I was done with a newly acquired lisp at 3:15 mark in the video! You’re magic! Thank you!!!!
Yay!! Glad it helped!!!!!!
The faux enthusiasm is very off-putting. Making me feel thick.
r/iamverysmart
Lord trolldemort r/wooosh
I love how she smiles
aw thanks ! :D
Everyone let’s say “I sell seashells on the seashore”.
Wish me luck! That’s so challenging!!!
I came straight to the comments to feel supported by my fellow lisp buddies
Mya, way to go! This is what this page is for. I am so happy to hear that we have so much conversation and beautiful words of support for anyone fighting a lisp. We should start a community :) Let me know if you need any ideas!
I’m not even gonna try to pronounce those words at the top right corner 😭
My lisp is really slight, and this was really informative
can you please go through "th" sound like in three and "th" sound like in there
Hello @Amani I shall do some content on this soon! Be sure to subscribe to the Voice Science channel to access this video once it is shared! "Th" voiced and Voiceless are tough sounds for English, so don't despair if you find it tricky! A bit of patience and knowledge can go a long way! Happy NY!!!
Hello Amani- check the latest video on "th" voiceless /θ/. I hope you find it helpful! :)
lmao i was here one year ago and tried to get rid of my lisp finally starting to hear progress
I’m so happy to hear it!
OMG ITS FIXED
explane to what u did and how long it tool
how?
I've been having this lisp issue for a couple of years now. Honestly, I just need to put the work into of getting rid of it because I feel like I'm annoying my online/real life friends, family, and teachers a ton. I even find my voice having a bit cringe whenever I do TH-cam content.
I’ve had a lisp my whole life but the lisp isn’t that bad but also I can’t say my r’s and I didn’t think about it to much in elementary but when I hit middle school I noticed it and some people pointed it out and I hate talking now and this video didn’t help I’m out of options to stop my lisp
And welcome to the lisp community
I have a lisp -_-
Tiffany Jackson same
This is exactly what I want to watch on Youjtube evcery day please make more viedeo syes yes good
What if you have gap in teeth
I've always known I've had a speed impediment with Th's/S's/ and R's but today my friend mentioned that I had a lisp.. and since I'm going to be going through probably big changes I figured I should try fixing it..
I struggle cause my name has a s in it :(
@Monika .M. I feel you :( and AAYYY WASSUP XD
Are you french ?
@@melanie2920 yep
me too!
[ in hoseok voice]
Are u army
I hope it works for me
I had a lisp for most of my life (I’m 11) and I recently got braces so it’s worse. I hope when I get them off my lisp will be all gone
Oh my God I'm in love.
You I tried this first time and it worked . Mine is only when I talk fast but it’s works
MunchingPickle Same
can an underbite cause lisp?
We had a similar question so I've just copied my reply here as it might help you.
"An underbite can contribute. I'm so angry to hear that people would dare bully you for something like this. Why not have a go at positioning the /s/ at the top of the mouth, that might be the better posture for you while the underbite is there. If an underbite is there, the tongue is visible and can protrude a bit at the base of your mouth so putting it behind the top teeth might help get it out of the way to stop any distortion. We are posting future content for /s/ including a new video that was shared yesterday which you can view here : th-cam.com/video/INSIEXcEBpA/w-d-xo.html SO be sure to subscribe cos I really want to help you all!
Growing up in speech therapy, I had to work on my lisp a lot. It's improved, but it's still there. It's like Drew Barrymore's lisp, really faint. I'm still self-conscious about it, and it's the number 1 reason I'd never record a TH-cam video (especially one that requires me to speak). I go out of my way to avoid saying anything that has an 's' sound. I say "lawn" and not "grass" for example, but it's impossible to get rid of the sound altogether.
please respond!, i have a really inconsistent lisp sometimes i dont lisp but most times i do, its not a lisp that sound slushy or a Th sound it is i assume a platal lisp, something is not right i detect but its hard to decipher the problem, i feel like middle of my tounge touches the top of mouth either that or i talk with only the right side of my lips and tongue it never projects from the middle sometimes when i play around with my lips and mouth i can produce a very clear S i feel like i have a very lazy tongue its also small
Hello Razhan, sorry it has taken some time to respond to your query. It can be very difficult to stabilise a clear /s/ sound in different positions of words without some strategic practice and drill. I think the reason it may be very inconsistent is due to the fact that it may be harder for you to achieve in certain word positions or next to certain consonant and vowel sounds. It will always be easier to make the sound on it's own than to create it clearly at word level up to sentence level and finally spontaneously when interacting. I would recommend a speech pathology assessment to identify accuracy breakdowns and ongoing training to strengthen your sound production and accuracy.
Voice Science i appreciate the response, i can talk spontenously without lisping but it decides to whenever it wants to, the back of my tongue touches the roof of my mouth when i use S's is that supposed to happen? whenever im sitting down in a quiet environment i tend to lisp less and also the amount of saliva and phlegm determine my lisp as well, btw your goergous!
Perhaps when you are speaking with lots of background noise you increase air pressure to give more vocal volume on vowels and sounds that need your voice and as a result the /s/ sound is more apparently distorted? Is there any way you can simulate your speech patterns in the quiet environment to apply them to louder environments in the same manner? Sorry to take so long to reply! I now am allocating admin time once per week to get back to everyone's comments! Be sure to check out our new /s/ video that looks at combining /s/ with /t/. You might find that combo helpful! th-cam.com/video/INSIEXcEBpA/w-d-xo.html
The only reason I hate my self is because my lisp and it ruins my life in 10 yrs old and I don’t think I can get rid of it
Is everyone going to ignore the fact that she said everyone with lisps unintelligent
For years I’ve struggled and been to speech therapy, and they have all told me on the ridge behind my teeth, it never worked. Then I tried bottom position and it went away instantly it’s insane
I’m 13 and I have had a lisp my whole life. People make fun of me at school and I have a lisp because my chin moves forward when I say “s”. This makes it very hard for me to follow your instructions, so do you have any other tips for removing a lisp
I love this vid so powerful i know why I had a lisp I was not placing my tongue correctly
I'm so happy to hear that these tips were helpful! All the best :D
This lady is creepily confident
Lol how so?
Im actually hella happy cause of the trick where you put your tounge at the bottom teeth now I dont feel like an idiot,Life Saver all I gotta do is be aware when Im about to use an s word and im good.
Brilliant news!!!
I’m in middle school and have asked other kids if they hear my lisp, they say they do t really hear it until I bring it up or say a difficult word.
Just being honest, if you have a lisp I think it sounds cute ^-^ I don't have a lisp, but I used to when I was around 5 or 6 and I kinda liked it because I thought it sounded cute- I sometimes make it sound like I have a lisp when I'm just talking to myself about something (I do that sometimes) and tbh I really like it