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  1. 1. Did you have speech therapy growing up?

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Did you have speech therapy growing up?

 

I had it starting about age 8 or so and probably for 5 years or so when I was primary in school. 

 

One of the bad things was time it fell during the period was when we did essay writing in school when I was in third or four the class (age 10 or 11) so I would always have to leave in the middle of writing a story.

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Yes, I had it in elementary school because I had trouble pronouncing certain sounds, such as th and r sounds.

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I've never had speech therapy but honestly, sometimes I think I need it. Sometimes people have trouble understanding me and I often think it's because I don't pronounce my words properly. I'd like to develop my speaking style so I have a clearer intonation. Or maybe I need self-esteem classes...😅

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I had it in elementary school from Kindergarten through 4th grade, then again in middle school during 7th grade and part of 8th grade. I actually liked having it in elementary school because the speech therapist would have us play games or make up stories, and would sometimes give us prizes or give us popcorn or cookies, but in middle school it was boring.

 

As an adult I still kind of have trouble talking though. :lol:

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Yep, for a comprehension delay (I think it's called a receptive language delay now whenever I look it up).  Stopped speaking complete sentences once I was a toddler, when I originally could before.  Still a mystery for my family, why I just stopped talking, especially when I started speaking prematurely.  I don't remember much of speech therapy, but I do recall being extremely frustrated without being able to explain why, and I got in trouble with teachers because of my frustration and I would throw tantrums and end up at the principal's office.  I struggled a lot in early childhood school because of it, and I think I had trouble saying certain sounds to words, too.  Again, it's a bit blurry.  But it was considered a learning disability, even though it was mild.  It still impacts me to this day.  

 

I get really self conscious about whether or not what I'm saying makes sense to others, and when they don't get what I mean the ability to explain myself becomes frustrating and difficult to do.  Based on what my mom saw of the records, too, I feel like a lot of the symptoms I presented could have been early signs of autism, or at least on the """high functioning""" (ugh) side.  Dunno.  I want to get tested for it once I'm back in school, because if that is at all true then it would solve a lot of questions I've had my whole life.  Which, admittedly, makes sense considering I'm born a girl and people on the spectrum from that demographic are less likely to be tested.  It sucks, could have saved me money on therapy :P

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When I was really young, I used to mix up my f and th sounds. My mom apparently brought it up to my doctor, who said I should go to speech therapy if I didn't fix it soon. Well, I ended up fixing it within a week after that, and that's the story of how I almost had to go to speech therapy.

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I went to speech therapy a lot from a young age due to being diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age, as it hampered with my vocal skills. I took longer to say my 1st words compared to others, and I had a harder time understanding\registereing what was being said to me as well. I was sent to a specific nursery (younger than my mother wanted me to go, but it was more time spend time with me or give me the best chance to overcome dyslexia) so I could be near speech therapists without the need of appointments. I was also sent to a language school. I think I've been having specialists help (speech therapist, language schools etc) since I think I was 1 or 2, up until Primary 7 (11-12 years old) then it was more school support throughout high school.

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NerotheReaper

I did and I hated it. 

 

I was in speech therapy for almost all of elementary school, and it was one of the things I was bullied for. When I was little I didn't mind it, but as I got older in elementary school I didn't like being pulled out of class away from my friends. I would try my best, but my speech therapist always pushed me while in hindsight it was good but being younger and not understanding why I was struggling was frustrating. Even after speech therapy I still got bullied for talking differently, or struggling to pronounce/talk. Now I will get complimented on how I talk, some people think I have a British accent so the tables have turned I guess? 😛 

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Interesting aside here. Apparently all bar two speech therapists in Britain are female.

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Nope. I’m Hard of Hearing but completely oral and am able to speak without the “Deaf accent.” (Though I think I have been told I sometimes sound funny in loud environments where I can’t hear my own voice. I think that’s understandable for even Hearing people though.) I don’t recall ever knowing any kids that had speech therapy. I do have some patients who require it after a stroke though.

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Nope, but I probably should have especially after I was separated from my abuser.

I developed the habit of just flat out not responding to people, taking a long time to respond, going mute for periods of time, and the like. Luckily Ava is great at speaking, and typically she'll front if she thinks I'm really struggling with a situation.

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Anthracite_Impreza
1 hour ago, RK800 said:

Luckily Ava is great at speaking, and typically she'll front if she thinks I'm really struggling with a situation.

That would be a really useful trick to have at times >.<

 

Oh and I never had speech therapy. Given my verbal dyslexia though I certainly have a few wires that could use taping back into place...

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I didn't. I do have a habit of speaking really fast, so I'm used to having to repeat myself 2 or 3 times before someone catches it. 

I have gotten better at managing how fast I speak at presentations, but in everyday conversations... It's full speed ahead. 

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I took speech therapy because I had difficulty pronouncing l, th, and r sounds. I still have some difficulty pronouncing r sounds, although I've gotten to accept that as just part of how I speak.

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I was in speech therapy from kindergarten till 5th grade (after that I still had some language therapy till 10th grade though, but not actually speech therapy), when I was little (3 till 6ish), almost no one could understand me, even my family had troubles. I mostly had speech therapy for "wh", "sh", "th", "ch" and "r", because those where the sounds I had the most troubles with

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I couldn't pronounce certain letters right. I think bit happened in reception- year 1ish.

 

I have very little memorys of it.

 

It was done out of school though but probably referred from school.

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LadyWallflower

I had speech therapy. I had severe earaches as a young child and therefore learned English wrong. I went to a special preschool for kids who had hearing and speech problems at the age of three. After I entered Kindergarten, up to around 3rd grade, I was pulled out of class a few times a week to get special training from a speech therapy coach.

 

Nowadays, I have very good English. I need it for work. I have been told that I pronounce extremely clearly, and that I don't sound like where I come from.

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Yes, I had trouble pronouncing the letter s

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I had speech therapy in 2nd grade. I couldn't pronounce th, sh, or L correctly. Technically, I still pronounce L wrong, but no one can tell that I do.

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ArchangelAlbatross

Yes quite a bit.  Late talker, then difficulty pronouncing t, s, r, etc. 

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I started when i was in preschool i think? Apparently i refused to speak until i was 3, so that's why. Ended up having to go to it throughout 5th grade, and i remember really hating it due to the teacher until the last year, when there was a new teacher that actually made it fun.

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For a bit in elementary school I did, but I wasn't happy about it. I had a lot of bad experiences with being singled out or being treated differently, and that's what speech therapy felt like to me. It was for R's and S's, although I didn't really understand how I was pronouncing S's wrong.

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firewallflower

Never had speech therapy. Though I still can't pronounce the "sh" sound properly, so maybe I would have benefited from it. :P

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