Re: Anyone with speech problems??

[Guest guest]

I was born with a cleft lip and palate and have had speech problems most of my

life. I hate talking to strangers or in a group of people as they find it hard

to understand what i'm saying.

sammyara1977 wrote:

Does anyone have any problems with speaking due to their misaligned

jaws?? My mouth is super sloshy when I talk, I always have to keep

swallowing. Anyone else have this problem?

[Guest guest]

I spent 8yrs in speech therapy when I was growing up. Any speech

problem now is infrequent and not noticable to anyone else. Unless

you count my southern accent.

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[Guest guest]

Ironically, I have the opposite problem. I was able to compensate

pretty well with my misaligned jaw. Now that I have a normal bite and

can finally open my mouth more, I have trouble speaking clearly. My

therapist pointed out that I still speak with my teeth clenched

together but I don't know what sounds to open my mouth for. It's

slowly getting better but I really have to concentrate and try to

enunciate more.

> Does anyone have any problems with speaking due to their misaligned

> jaws?? My mouth is super sloshy when I talk, I always have to keep

> swallowing. Anyone else have this problem?

[Guest guest]

Yes, I've had people tell me that they can't understand what I'm

saying. I have an underbite and just got my braces on last Tuesday, so

my speech won't be getting better any time soon. My Surgeon told me

that if I only have the BSSO for mandibular set-back, that my tongue

will be too long for my mouth after the surgery because he will be

making my mouth shorter by 7mm. This, he says, will create speech

problems after I have been desplinted. I think that's enough reason to

let him do the LeFort procedure for maxillary advancement, but he

won't know until six months from the surgery what he will need to do.

So, hopefully, I will need the LeFort; the whole tongue issue has me

rather concerned. I just don't want to go through all this to end up

with a new problem. ~~~~~~~~ Diane

> Does anyone have any problems with speaking due to their misaligned

> jaws?? My mouth is super sloshy when I talk, I always have to keep

> swallowing. Anyone else have this problem?

[Guest guest]

- You sure have been through SO much, and now this!? I know my

speech has gotten worse since these braces were put on last week,

especially in light of the fact that my teeth have already started to

move. Both my OMS and my OD have told me that both my speech and my

mastication will become worse as I get closer to my surgery - what a

cheery thought! Also, if I have only the BSSO my tongue will be longer

because my OMS will be shortening my mandible, and consequently, making

my mouth smaller, by 7mm. But, if he does both the BSSO and the LeFort,

my tongue will only be longer by a minuscule amount and won't be

noticeable. Just what I need: to go through all this just to have a new

problem develop! My OMS won't know until Dec. or Jan. if he will need

to do the LeFort, although I've told him that I'm okay with that

procedure and to do whatever he needs to do. It's sort of ironic: NOW I

want him to do the LeFort; last month I was too terrified of it to let

him do it! Hey, I have thirteen weeks of short-term disability time

racked up and I want to use as much as I can! (Actually, my OMS says I

will need a minimum of four weeks off if having both done.) Well,

, hope everything gets better for you - you deserve to have clear

sailing! Take care. ~~~~ Diane

> > Does anyone have any problems with speaking due to their misaligned

> > jaws?? My mouth is super sloshy when I talk, I always have to keep

> > swallowing. Anyone else have this problem?

[Guest guest]

Hi Diane,

I don't have trouble with specific sounds, but I tend to trip over

my words. my tongue is too big for my mouth space, and I don't have

good tongue mobility as a result. I also have a very deep bite, so

that and the overbite and insufficient lower jaw, my tongue has no

room to work to make the sounds if I need them to be rapidfire. I

also have no room for food in my mouth when I eat. I have to pocket

the food in the cheeks and feed very small amounts into my back

molars to chew. The reduced space doesn't allow my tongue to

mobilize the food well either, so the result is that I choke really

often. Not so much on food, as I have always eaten this way, and am

always extremely careful. It is just a way of life for me and I

have never known differently (it is one of the things I am looking

forward to post op). But if I get engrossed in a book, am studying,

or doing anything that requires me to concentrate (and become

absorbed in the subject), my jaw/tongue/cramped space causes me to

choke frequently. I just can't handle fluid in that position.

Sam - I support you in checking with your OS again about this. If

you don't have a deep bite, perhaps it won't be a problem for you,

but as a person who has a tongue that definately is too big for my

mouth, I hope your OS can give you more information about what will

be an acceptable tongue mobility spacing. If you have good space

and volume in your mouth up vertically, perhaps it won't be as much

of an issue for you, but I would be concerned. Perhaps your OS will

clear up this issue for you a little finer.

Hugs,

Fran

> > Does anyone have any problems with speaking due to their

misaligned

> > jaws?? My mouth is super sloshy when I talk, I always have to

keep

> > swallowing. Anyone else have this problem?