Palate Expander and Speech Problems

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musiclover
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Palate Expander and Speech Problems

#1 Post by musiclover »

Is anybody else having horrible speech problems. Its really hard to understand me when I talk but then again ive only had the expander in for 3 days. Tell me it gets better?
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#2 Post by BracketRacket »

It gets better -- hang in there!
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sjs8906
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#3 Post by sjs8906 »

It gets better! The day I got mine I was convinced that I was going to have to just stop talking until it was taken out...it was so embarrassing. However, after a week or so I was back to normal.
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#4 Post by musiclover »

sjs8906 wrote:It gets better! The day I got mine I was convinced that I was going to have to just stop talking until it was taken out...it was so embarrassing. However, after a week or so I was back to normal.
Thanks for the encouragment. I hope the same thing will happen to me :)
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#5 Post by musiclover »

BracketRacket wrote:It gets better -- hang in there!
Thanks for the encouragement :)
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CanberraRaiders
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#6 Post by CanberraRaiders »

It will definately get better. took me a week or so to get used to mine. won't be perfect speech but understandable haha. eating on the other hand.....
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foxparadox
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#7 Post by foxparadox »

yeah, it definitely gets better. give it a week! I could talk pretty normal when I got mine put in... but my mouth kept making a ton of extra saliva and I felt like I needed to drink water all the time. It was odd. Your mouth gets really used to it though. You won't even notice it's there after a few weeks.
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Jen1983
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Re: Palate Expander and Speech Problems

#8 Post by Jen1983 »

I got my expander in on thursday and I still
can't speak properly yet...it's horrid! I hope it's totally back to normal soon or else I am going to spend the holidays hiding away like the hunchback of
notre dame!!!!
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uvraise
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Re: Palate Expander and Speech Problems

#9 Post by uvraise »

It will definitely get better. I found that if I just slowed my speech a little and concentrated on my pronunciation, I sounded so much better. The eating part is a little trickier. I found that if a cut everything into smaller pieces, it was that much smaller after I chewed it. Also, I tried to get into the habit of taking as drink of water after every couple bites of food to wash things off and down. A great side affect was I was getting full faster, from the water, eating less and losing a few pounds! Good luck and remember, this too shall pass!
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bottlecap1990
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Re: Palate Expander and Speech Problems

#10 Post by bottlecap1990 »

musiclover wrote:Is anybody else having horrible speech problems. Its really hard to understand me when I talk but then again ive only had the expander in for 3 days. Tell me it gets better?
It will definitely gets better. I was in the same situation.
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