Do lisps go away? :/
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Re: Do lisps go away? :/
Hi, slightly old post but I wondered if the lisp eventually went away! Ive just had braces on 3 days ago and I sound awful. I have blue stuff on my back teeth which has built them up so i dont break the brackets when i chew, but this seems to have left me with an open bite (approx 5mm) at the front and to the right, only a couple of teeth actually meet now.
I have to talk a lot in my job and my speech is so bad Im worried as my boss is not happy about it. It affects almost every sound I have to make, especially S's and C's.
So, Im wondering if the lisp is being caused by the open bite or by the actual braces, as I read that braces dont tend to give much of a lisp? And if anyone knows if this blue stuff can be removed at my next ortho visit? Im praying so much that it can be!
I have to talk a lot in my job and my speech is so bad Im worried as my boss is not happy about it. It affects almost every sound I have to make, especially S's and C's.
So, Im wondering if the lisp is being caused by the open bite or by the actual braces, as I read that braces dont tend to give much of a lisp? And if anyone knows if this blue stuff can be removed at my next ortho visit? Im praying so much that it can be!
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Re: Do lisps go away? :/
Hi there jo198244 and sorry for not getting back to you sooner!
Yes the lisp did eventually go, but it took 3 weeks or so and even now I hear it again occassionally especially if I'm talking to someone new. (Must make me more self conscious of braces and I try to hide them with my lips making me lisp slightly
) I think it is the bite turbos that cause the lisp, it probably means more air is escaping making a hiss. This sounds mad but what really helped me to get my normal speaking voice back was trying to talk in different accents (when I was alone I should mention! 
). Strangely I found that I could talk in different accents okay but when I talked in my own the dreaded lisp came back, it's all in the way you move your lips and tongue. I know it might be hard but try and open your lips a bit more when you talk as you may be subconsciously 'hiding the braces' with your lips when you talk which really won't help either! Practising in front of a mirror also helped for some reason
Yes the lisp did eventually go, but it took 3 weeks or so and even now I hear it again occassionally especially if I'm talking to someone new. (Must make me more self conscious of braces and I try to hide them with my lips making me lisp slightly
) I think it is the bite turbos that cause the lisp, it probably means more air is escaping making a hiss. This sounds mad but what really helped me to get my normal speaking voice back was trying to talk in different accents (when I was alone I should mention! ). Strangely I found that I could talk in different accents okay but when I talked in my own the dreaded lisp came back, it's all in the way you move your lips and tongue. I know it might be hard but try and open your lips a bit more when you talk as you may be subconsciously 'hiding the braces' with your lips when you talk which really won't help either! Practising in front of a mirror also helped for some reason