opinions on speech please

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#1 Post by **Jay Tea** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:50 am

hey guys just want peoples opinions who have linguals about there speech. How long till after they put them on did your speech go back to normal or to a point where you can't notice it much

#2 Post by **Sunflowera** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:19 am

In my case (upper linguals) the speech problems were for 3 weeks. Now everything is in order and I realise that I have braces only when I eat.

#3 Post by **Ruby Tuesday** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:48 am

Hi Jay Tea,

From what I have read here and my own experiences, I think the period of time can be quite varied. Some people even seem to have very little problems at all.

For me, by the end of the first week I was pretty confident speaking but eating remained fairly difficult.

However things are fine now, in terms of both eating and speaking. I have had them on for well over a year now..

Best wishes, I am sure everything will be fine for you too..

#4 Post by **AudreyII** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:52 pm

Hi Jay Tea,

I've only had my linguals on for a week and a half, and itâ€™s not so bad. Iâ€™ve had almost no problem, except for S's. Iâ€™ve found my speech problem comes from tongue â€œmemoryâ€

#5 Post by **lionfish** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:10 pm

It took me a few weeks, perhaps as many as six. What Audrey says is true. The "s" sound will be the most difficult to articulate, and drinking water, applying wax and practising speaking will all help.

#6 Post by **annie82** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:15 am

I have upper only and it took me about 3 weeks to talk normally, and I mean without anybody noticing. A slight lisp remains, but if you met me you would not even notice. Be sure that we're aware of it much more than people do!

#7 Post by **Daveyboy** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:47 pm

From memory, for the first 2 weeks my tongue was pretty sore, which then meant I did sound a little weird, and my S's were a bit lispy... however i'd say that give it 3-4 weeks and my speech was back to normal.

When my lowers went on, they didn't make any difference at all, probably because my tongue had already got used to the uppers.

Now I wouldn't even notice any difference in speech at all during 99% of the time. Every now and again, mainly if i'm dehydrated, I do feel like i'm lisping, but I think it's only me that would notice!

I'd totally agree that it's probably only me that would notice anything at all, most people, even if I explain i've got lingual braces... still ask "what do you mean??" so it can't be noticeable!

#8 Post by **BlahBlah** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:13 pm

After 15 months and people still notice i got braces becos of my speech..... but it was really bad the first 2 weeks.. but as the whole lisp thing goes.. ur speech will never be 100% the same as b4 u started until u take them off....
cheeers

#9 Post by **Jay Tea** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:39 pm

thanks a lot guys for sharing information with me I am finally getting them on tomorrow so hopefully it all goes well

#10 Post by **theprettyone** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:55 am

I got mine yesterday (uppers) and half of what I say is no different....the other half is completely garbled!! I'm a fast talker to begin with, so now much of what I say is completely incoherent

Though I'm already learning to try and keep my tongue "inside" the braces when I speak and it's been helping.