Guest guest Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Hello- I haven't written in a bit, but I always read! I have an odd question (at least I think it's odd). My son has a dx of verbal/oral apraxia, hypotonia, sensory issues. He is extremely bright(which i knew, but tests confirmed). He had no words at 25 months and only two sounds. He has hab speech therapy since he was about 26 months old. Right now he gets speech 4x a week at home and goes to an EI program 2x a week for 2 1/2 hours. First off, he is doing better than anyone could ever have imagined. We are all thrilled! What i am curios about is whether anyone has had a child who sing-songs everything? He now speaks in sentences but they sound like this " I want the liiight bluuuuu onennnnn " All words go up higher in pitch toward the end of the sentence. Although we are thrilled and I am certain that he will lose this habit, i just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced it. I will say that I think that it was his coping mechanism to " get the words out " and now he still needs it. I will also add that if you tell him to say a short sentence and model it by banging it one the table to the rhythm of the words (normal rhythm) he can repeat it pretty close without all the sing-songing. any feedback would be great! Also, he turned three april 7! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Nope don't recall this one for either of my two except as a strategy Tanner used a bit when he went through his dysfluency stage. Speaking in a sing song is something suggested as a strategy for stuttering/dysfluency. There are various theories as to why it works -one is that the language center is mainly in the left hemisphere and the creative side is the right hemisphere which is used for singing (1 theory why stutterers don't stutter when they sing) The main voice problem written about over the years in this group with apraxia is monotone speech. Without appropriate therapy an apraxic child can sound monotone, or they can also have a flaccid sound to their speech down the road. But your little 3 year old is doing great in his speech and has come a long way from nonverbal in a short time! He hasn't been speaking that long yet I suspect you are correct about this being a strategy for him. Is it something his therapist suggested at some point? Either way what does his SLP say about it? There are all type of speech and voice therapy and if there was a problem (for example with a monotone) that could be addressed via therapy. I agree with you to give him time and this stage will pass -who knows you may miss it when it does! (it's probably cute) I don't know -maybe he's just as thrilled to be talking as you are to be hearing him talk so he's making each word as long as possible! :-) ===== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Thanks for your feedback lisa. Yes, his therapist and I talk about it often. She actually was explaining about the right/left brain thing also. She actually told me to " video tape it " because it will go away! It is cute and catchy! We often find ourselves talking to him the same way. His therapist told me to focus on one phrase that he says often and model for him the correct way. He isn't monotone now, but he was a little when he first started speaking. Now he has too much inflection! I will say that it is very noticeable and I often see people looking at him when we are out. What makes it worse is that he will say it over and over until I repeat what he has said (he doesn't believe that i understand if i just say yes or umm hmm etc.) Anyway, I hope that someone else may have experienced this because even though I do feel that it will end, I am still worried a bit. Thanks again for you words of guidance. You really have no idea how this site has helped me through the very dark days when I saw very little hope. I slowly started to see the light at the end of the tunnel and now his future looks extremely bright. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 does the talking kind of sound like this (this is Bilker at 5 years 9 months) http://www.debtsmart.net/talk/speak1.wav Let me know! ===== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 , he sorta sounds like when the little boy says colors. But he really sounds more like he's " whining " but in a very high pitched way. It also isn't really there with certain words- yes, mommy, daddy. I am listening to him right now and he just said to his sister " it's goiiiing uuuuuuup.! " I waaaaant thiiis " . Ughh it's so hard to describe. It is not anything I have ever heard before form any kids. Anyhow, we will be working on it- thanks for looking up the other child. It was helpful to compare. I wish that I knew how to tape his voice on the computer- I would send it to you. thanks again, erin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 a sony ICD P 620 DIGITAL recorder is what I use to record my daughter's voice. She is autistic 8yo. When she was in school for the very first time after EI, the teacher told me that the use of high pitched voice is comforting to them. I wish I had recorded her voice back then, like I am doing now.. It is something that the speech therapist is working on for the past three years, to get it down to a lower pitch. The sony is also compatible with the dragon naturally speaking software. The recorded sounds can be downloaded to a computer and archived. ________________________________ From: <lulusmom98@...> @... Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2009 7:32:30 PM Subject: [ ] Re: sing-song talking , he sorta sounds like when the little boy says colors. But he really sounds more like he's " whining " but in a very high pitched way. It also isn't really there with certain words- yes, mommy, daddy. I am listening to him right now and he just said to his sister " it's goiiiing uuuuuuup.! " I waaaaant thiiis " . Ughh it's so hard to describe. It is not anything I have ever heard before form any kids. Anyhow, we will be working on it- thanks for looking up the other child. It was helpful to compare. I wish that I knew how to tape his voice on the computer- I would send it to you. thanks again, erin > > does the talking kind of sound like this (this is Bilker at 5 years 9 months) > http://www.debtsmart.net/talk/speak1.wav > > Let me know! > > ===== > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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