How to Say /s/ and /z/ (Frontal and Lateral Lisp)
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- Опубліковано 21 січ 2015
- If your “soup” is turning into “thoop” and your “zippers” are “thippers”, you may have a frontal lisp.
My article on fixing lateral lisps has received a lot of traffic and I’ve had many requests for a similar article on frontal lisps, so here goes!
What Is a Frontal Lisp?
Let’s start at the beginning. A frontal lisp, also known as an interdental lisp, occurs when a child says the /s/ and /z/ sounds with the tongue pushed too far forward. This causes /s/ and /z/ to sound more like “th”. Frontal lisps are sometimes caused by tongue thrust, which is when the tongue is consistently too far forward, including during swallowing and at rest (when the tongue is not doing anything at all). Not all frontal lisps are caused by tongue thrust but some are. Tongue thrust requires additional types of therapy that are not discussed in this article. Today’s article will just focus on treatment for a plain old frontal lisp.
How Do You Treat Frontal Lisp?
I’m so glad you asked! :-) Frontal lisp therapy can be broken down into six steps.
Step One: Assessment
The first thing you will need to do for frontal lisp therapy is to assess the lisp. You don’t need any standardized tests for this, you just need a lot of words for the child to say so you can evaluate which sounds have the lisp and which ones don’t. I recommend you test both the /s/ and /z/ in all word positions. This means testing when the sound is at the beginning, middle, and end of the word as well as in consonant clusters (blends) at both the beginning and end of the word. Simply have the child say words with the sounds in all of those different positions. If the child can read, just have him read word lists. If the child cannot read, you can have him label pictures that represent the words. Below are my word lists for /s/ and /z/ in all positions, or you can download my articulation cards which contain pictures of /s/ and /z/ words in the initial, medial, and final position as well as /s/ blends in the initial position of words. Just write down which words the child can say correctly and which words are lisped.
Visit the original post to download the /s/ and /z/ Artic Cards and Worksheets for Free - www.speechandlanguagekids.com....
Initial /s/
*Say
*See
*Siren
*Soap
*Soup
*Second
*Simple
*Sock
*Sad
*Soot
*Sun
*Sound
*Soy
Medial /s/....to find out more, click here to read the entire post: www.speechandlanguagekids.com....
As a 16 year old with a lisp I can say that it really helps to have it explained to you like a child...
Max Tory im 22. this is so degrading
King A - I went to a speech therapist and it didn’t fix it. I think you just have to keep practicing the right sound every day.
King A - Just watch the video and follow it. Do the exercises that she says, and it would be useful if you had someone to tell you if you are making a good sound or not. I mean yes, it is tongue placement but you can’t instantly change it just by thinking it, you have to do these steps daily and eventually it’ll get better.
King A - Same I’m older and having to do this is really degrading. But yeah she says to keep your tongue in your mouth. I can’t really comprehend that though, I try it and it’s impossible to keep it behind my teeth but I’ll keep trying. But if you’re 20, I think you should see a speech therapist. I heard that some people have a lisp because of their teeth, so it might be because of that, or lots of other reasons that could affect you. I didn’t know you were 20, so I think you visit a therapist since he can give advice specifically to YOU. It’s extremely expensive though. Your choice.
King A - Oh you said “this is what speech therapist do.” But speech therapist can give you advice according to you specifically not just in general which is why they are good. However if you just have a normal lisp like any other person than it’s fine to to just follow online advice. I’m just saying that there could be something wrong with you specifically and not people who talk with lisps in general.
I hate getting bullied whenever I see any lisp video on how to lose it it never works and I hate myself for trying to hard
Gabbasaurus I have noticed we have to get the head, body , face muscles on board. so even if we have our tongue in the right place, it isn't tense enough.. I asked her to make a video for this problem.
Hey, I hate that you're bullied too ! Hope things are better now :)
Yea me too.i am 18 and this video is for children.Im hopeless
for trying to hard
was that deliberate?
All we know the we should go to a speech therapy
same
This is ridiculous, being 17 and having a bloody lateral lisp is ruining my identity, and impacting my social life. Because of the lack of attention given to my speech impediment at young age, now being far more developed, it's almost impossible for me to fix even with a speech therapist. It's stupid to see that people only think of this as a minor problem only consisting within primary school or kindergarten communities, yet there's many of us suffering from this past those times. Problems such as misjudgement, low-selfestem/self-confidence, loss of respect, hinderence in communication and worst of all bullying(lucky for me, I have evaded that) can all be a persistent problem with the many people out there, that either are facing this issue for life, or experiencing it at a far more muture age. And all of this is due to its lack of awareness and limited aid, especially at later ages. It's a more serious problem than you think.
A lateral lisp can be difficult to correct. Since you are almost an adult you are more aware and have more motivation to practice. Children attending speech therapy generally are not overly concerned with their speech and are not going to put in extra practice outside of their therapy session in order to make it a habit. There are often also structural differences responsible for lisps, and that is not often mentioned by speech therapists. If how you speak bothers you, you'll need to consistently keep the ideas for correct tongue placement in your mind as you speak until it become habitual (if that is even possible in your case).
Thank you for sharing your story, reading what you said made me realize I did underestimate the issue. I don’t think you should give up hope in fixing it though, I really do hope you’re able to find some help in fixing your speech impediment 🙏🏾
I bought a digital recorder from walmart and got a big print book
buttons on top easy to press record, stop, play
I also have a big list of words with s... 5 words a line
Starting with these I do 10 rows then read 6 pages
I can do pretty good but when around others I forget stuff
There r lots of people who do not notice but others make fun when you r young and think u r retarded.. It is very hurtful through out life
Parents (I assume) are very protective of kids or just endure it like a wart I guess.
Having a fuzzy pal to read to works in libraries ... a bit
The only thought I had was people having an online place to talk to others for a period during.. like themselves .. people that do not get $$$ for their time.
Yep it is embarrassing for others to know u r going to speech class.
Don't know but maybe by now the government pays for speech therapy
but to get it down, it needs to be practiced until your practice kicks in at random when any one enters your space.
Speech therapy is not a kid thing.. it will hurt them through out their lives..
Well I have no children it’s me who’s the problem here
Linnea Wongseeda Svensson lmao same, if a kid can do it then so can we!
At 39 years unfortunately me too
You guys are so lucky even if your friends or “friends “ make fun of you but im even more luckier than you guys...... My family makes fun of me and my disorders and everything.they put all the blame on ME and My PHONE . Do you guys know if someone can have lisp,depression ,anxiety,ugliness,scoliosis,crooked teeths because of a Damn phone 😊 ‘cause i get to know about my diseases ,disorders and other problems from my phone ?
I don't even have a lisp nor know anyone with a lisp, i just find these videos entertaining 🤷♂️
Wow, I'm blown away, I'm 14 years old and have had a lisp on my s's for ever. It really "pithed" me off. It's 11:10 at night and I saw a video on some guy with a lisp and just looked up how to fix one. Saw this video and within like 20 seconds I learned how to say the S. Thank you. pretty much changed my life 😂
AnotherZeus50 literally same, except it's 5:00 a.m
I swear I had YEARS of language therapy as a kid I HATED EVERY SECOND OF IT! Now I am learning chinese where pronounciation is even more important (specially since I also most likely have a foreign accenpt) so now I have even more of a reason to have to fix my lisp. I have an underbite that is why it is more difficult of me to push my jaw to the front for my tongue to go behind my front teath but watching this helps me just being aware of my issue!
Dude did it really work? I just tried it and I think it sounds better (because I can't hear my lisp). You wrote this comment 3 years ago. Please tell me that it really worked
2 AM 😳
damn my dumbass clicked that lol
Thanks! I know a 28 years old child who can benefit from this video (me :P)! Great explanation, I'll try these techniques! When I record myself on video, my frontal lisp is even more evident! @_@
+Playerdue Lighting Ha I am also 28 with a lisp. (frontal) some one told me to try a speech jammer app so I can listen to my self, just fyi ;)
+hello bethy Thanks! I'll try that! :D
Omg I wish someone told me this when I was younger
Also 28 and can benefit from this greatly... Although, now your 30. :/ We no longer have a club
@@beth-af hi I m too plz contact me 9157730740
erm thanks, i am in secondary school and people make fun of my lisp, so hope this goes well
I'm in 8th grade and I'm dating a fine😍 girl in the school but I just got into a fight 2 days ago because of my lisp
I'm also in 8th grade and people make fun of my lisp. I beat up one of the idiots but the other guy is a total prick and won't stop.
I’m in eighth grade and get teased all the time this helped me fix my problems
Me too I'm in 8th grade and people keep making fun of me
@Nine's Own Goal sorry to hear that. I got through in school by just avoiding /s sounds as much as possible but my lateral lisp was always something that bothered me when I was younger. Hope you are successful, it’s great that you’re trying to take initiative and fix your problem!
When I was 13 a teacher pulled me from class and we sat at a table and she told me my S’s were wrong and that my tongue needed to stay inside my teeth. I was so humiliated and although it was hard I kept at it and I’ve become very comfortable keeping my tongue in my teeth. But then I heard a video of myself and I could understand why I still sounded terrible.
It was only last week my Mom told me that my tongue shouldn’t be touching my teeth. So now I have to restart except I have a dental lisp and a fairly uncommon lateral lisp if I talk to quickly.
This is ground breaking tho and now I know I’m doing something right. I can’t wait to keep practicing
Wow I think this really helped me, thanks!
did it worked for you
Bro I ain’t reading all that
I realized that my lisp comes, not from poor tongue placement, but for not closing my jaw when making that S sound. It's taking me a long time to train myself to really close jaw, but it significantly improved my diction.
Omggg! This just helped me realize that I do that too! Thanks so much lol
Okay this might sound dumb but I can't hear my lisp but in everyone else's perspective they can. Is it just me? ( I have a lateral lisp😭 )
website.slimes no
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Same bro
website.slimes THIS HAPPENS TO ME!!
Thank you. I have a minor lisp so it doesn't really affect me but my dream job requires me to have good speaking ability. Lisp will stop me from reaching my dream
Yeah. I want to voice act but I have a lateral lisp
Listen, I'm 27 years old. But there are just some things that are easier understood if someone talks to you like a 4 year old lol. This was one of them.
Being able to hear, see, and have someone describe tongue placement was exactly what I needed. I could instantly hear a difference between my slushy, lispy 's' and the way it's supposed to sound with proper tongue placement.
Now that I know I can actually make the correct sound, I think the trick is being able to consistently do it through every day speech.
Thanks so much for the help!
She is excellent! I can tell she has a special heart to help children. God bless you!
I've started working hard on conquering my frontal lisp and I think that this exploding T technique is going to really help. I understand that this is aimed at children, but I don't see why this shouldn't work with me at 22.
i’m fifteen and people have been mentioning my lisp to me. nobody used to say anything to me but in the past few months people have teased me about it, especially at work. it’s been making me uncomfortable, even though it’s so minor that most people barely even notice it. this is super helpful!
Samee
Did u fix it ?
Hi Carrie, thank you so much for creating these videos- I'm finding them very useful as often find the sound in isolation a tricky stage of therapy. Thanks again!
Clark. That is just wonderful. This video helpd me a lot. It is the beggining of new trials for me. Thank you!
i literally can not stop my tongue from poking out when i do s's, like it does not fit in my mouth.
I know my phonics teacher told me I also did my z sound like that and I made the th sound and yelled at me
I am an SLP graduate student and WOW, I wish I found your videos a year ago when I first started my clinical practicums. I could've used these techniques with so many students :/ I will continue and watch more of your videos. This is REALLY helping me.
People keep getting made fun of for how I talk, and I was never insecure about it until now. My parents are looking into speech therapy but its been a month.
My daughter just had her first SLP assessment done. I will be working with her on lateral lisp. I'm so glad to find this video. It's very useful and I can wait to try it with her.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have a lisp and a speech impediment. Growing up as my mother walked out on my family and my father was never that intelligent or caring to help out so it made practicing as a child very rough. I was very stressed even when trying to learn while I was in pronouncing classes as my school had that in my IEP.
However, you really have helped me learn finally how to be able to pronounce these words correctly and for that I am thankful.
Wish someone would’ve told me this when I was 8 and not have to figure it out myself 🤦♂️
Wonderful! How kind of you to share your knowledge and expertise
Fabulous!! I have a 14 and 16 y.o. Who still haven't mastered this, but we have never had it explained this way. After watching your video, they have been working really hard to improve. Hoping their muscle memory is willing to change. i keep telling them it's like training for a sport, you don't win inless you put in the hard work first! Thank you so much!!
I am so glad that I found this video! Very helpful, thanks so much! My child just start speech therapy to correct her lateral lisp.
This is so useful! My daughter has a lisp we are working to correct at home while waiting to see a S&L therapist. Thank you.
this is actually helping. i like seeing the difference on voice recorder.
Thank you for this simple and clear video that I can share with parents!
I really love how all this videos talk about teaching your kid and I stand here 20YO trying to learn the S sound.
Ok "tho"
I "wath" really "thtruggling" with "thaying" the letter "eth" since elementary. Even two of my teachers confronted me and I had to stay until the end of class to try and master pronouncing thr letter "s". Until today, as a ninth grader, I still slightly struggle with saying the letter "s" but I got better after watching this. So thanks! It pretty much worked!
I agree with another commentor, it does make it easier being explained to like a child. I have compensated for my hard 's' sounds since I can remember and it makes my lip move to the side (I say it out of the gap between my canine tongue) and i am so self conscious about it. When she said to explode the hard 't' I almost cried. I can't believe I can actually make the hard 's' sound 😭😭😭
I wish I could like this more. I have been bullied out of school for my lisp. The air would shoot out the side of my mouth. This fixed mine. I am 16 btw
I don’t even have a lisp, I just wanted to watch people being cured lol
SAME LOL
lmao you are so lucky to not have one it affects your social life a lot...
Flynn well im not fucking cured 😪😭😭
I was looking for Articulation therapy for my 5 yrs old and I found your video. I hope it will help and work for him. I am my self has problem to say "s" correctly. I am 33 years old and Finally I can "s" correctly after I saw your video. Thanks a bunch.
You’re very good at teaching!! Thank you!
Wow i had a lisp my entire life im now 22 and i tried your t t t t tssssss and wow its starting to sound like a s wow thank you so much its very helpful i never knew i could make that sound thank you again ur a savior ill work on my s and hopeflly i can fully master it thanks!
My tongue is too big, so if try pull my tongue in i end making no sound at all, even when im idle my tongue goes over all my teeth
Wowwww! Thank you so much for creating this video! I can’t wait to help my son with this
Thank you, you for sharing you knowledge. I have a frontal lisp and theses are excellent techniques.
This has been so helpful! Thank you!
Mesmerized watching her talk
Holy moly macaroni. Thanks so much! I'm getting annoyed by myself to not say the s correctly! Will thank you forever! :D
love your lateral lisp solution!
thank you so much for your amazing help and very helpful techniques.
This is fantastic! I too just finished my first portion of clinics and wish I would have found this sooner! However, I subscribed and look forward to watching more videos!
Rebecca Saia Wonderful! Glad you like it!
Great job on the video, very impressed, seriously, really helped my daughter. thanks you
Thank you for the video really helped.
thank you sooooo... much for this video. it has helped me sooo much!!
been learning english for 5 years now. first time i'm able to do the z sound. thank you. i was tired of seeing my last name spelled Goncalec.
Great video!!! I had a lisp all my life and this one helped me out a lot. Could you post some exercises to correct /ci/ as in cistern sound? That would be much appreciated. Thank you
I’m 14 and have a lisp- I have a frontal lisp and was confused on how the hell I can’t get rid of my lisp
your internet mom ah same here
Same here
OMFG I HAVE A LATERAL LISP AND THIS HELPED TY SO MUCH
Charming. And very well done.
As a 14 year old, it didn’t help, and I’m still very embarrassed going into highschool😓 any advice or another video
Ryan, I would recommend seeing if you can see a Speech Language Pathologist in school. Even if you are able to just have a quick chat with them and tell them your concerns. I highly doubt they would turn you away. You may not qualify for an IEP, but they can still give you tips and strategies.
Rayan try this ua-cam.com/video/SMZ4lSaFuEI/v-deo.html
you're a rock star! thanks!
I will always practice my ' s ' sounds in a week and everyday every night too!
Thank you so much
Great exercises and instruction!
Excellent resource for parents and newbie SLPs! Great step-by-step instructions that anyone can follow.
Thank you so much!! I'm glad you liked it!
Lisa Hess YES! I am an SLP newbie. Now I need to learn how to teach the /r/ sounds better.
/r/ Therapy:
www.speechandlanguagekids.com/teach-r-sound-christine-ristuccia/
excellent video. really really great. thank you so much.
This was very helpful! I have a slight lisp which I’m extremely insecure about 😔 I’ll be practicing these exercises in front of the mirror 😭
Thank for this.
I've always had problem with my S' even though my tongue is in my mouth, not between my teeth. Whenever I say the letter S my tongue goes on the top left of my mouth, is that a problem that I need to fix? For me I sound normal but I always get embarassed whenever I do a video project in school because I can hear my S letter in the video sounding like sh/th.
Lanze same
I think you have what she says as a "lateral lisp". I have it too, just found out it's called that after watching this video.
Same
Very helpful video 🙂
I remember when i was young and i had a lisp problem, all i want to say that now that i am older it is starting to decrease dramatically and that i have learned to control it so all i can say is that it gets better.
KASN 29 How old were you when it started to get better?
Omg I’m desperately looking for help with my 6 year old son who has a lisp (uses the z sound instead of an S) I’ve been so worried. You’re video is amazing. I reached out to his school and they said kids don’t really need ST until the age of 8 y/o. 🤷🏻♀️
I’m also starting to notice the same issue with my 4 year old little girl.
Thank you for your amazing video.
I was told the same thing from the school. Hopefully I can help my daughter using these tips :)
This might sound strange but i'm here because English is my second language and recently I was told I do my "t" and "d" sounds too soft, as i'm a Spanish speaker. The "z" is also very hard for me because we don't have that... so I found your video very useful. Thanks!
this really helped me!! ❤️
Your really lowering my self of steam here I ain’t no kid and I need help myself
just found out about your channel on pinterest and I am excited to try some of the strategies.
Thanks very much. Lateral /s/ suggestion.
I'm 26 and using this....Thank you.
Is it works on you?I am 17 and i think it is not working.I have frontal lisp.This tips are for kids.I m desperate
Much love dear thank you so much 😊
This really helped me pronounce my s x and z thanks ☺️
Thanks so much for this. Great tips!
You're welcome!!
wow i just fixed my lisp... I still need to get used to it but wow.. thank you so much..
my lisp stressed me out so much but wow 20 minutes of practice and its almost gone...woa
wow! so helpful!
FINALLY I ALMOST DESTROYED MY LISP!!!
IS THIS ME, I SWEAR I CANT BELIEVE
i will reveal the secret when the comment reaches 100 likes
You tried
5 months and 18 likes. Atleast you tried lmao
My 's' sounds like 'f'. I am gonna try these techniques, hope this helps.
fooK foh
Good luck!! ✨
That's also my problem.Have you found any solutions yet?
Omg thank you very much!!
This is so cute :3 Great video!
This worked great for my lispy friend, wiam kenderwick!
Much Thanks!
I have a frontal lisp and my daughter has learnt it from me 😅 so we'll both be doing this together, bonding 🥰🥰
I have a lisp but my tongue touches the back of my teeth
Do you have any advice?
+Arsil Darouiche I have the same thing. I have never found a speech therapist that could help.
+Mimi Markowski omg what am I going to do it's literally so annoying
I just....live with it haha. Keep a water bottle on you, it gets worse when your mouth is dry (I'm sure you know). Google tongue stretches and do them, practice proper singing techniques even if you think you cant carry a tune. It will shrink, but it never goes away entirely. Pronouncing your vowels a bit more rounded, like 'formal english', also helps.
Mimi Markowski Omg it was freezing today and my mouth got dry and yes it does get worse when your mouth is dry haha
Thank you for the tips! I will get to those tongue stretches right away!
Sure thing:) They helped me very much when I was getting my singing degree:)
Amazing video
omg THANK YOU!
bravo -- many thanks
I have a lisp and this really helped. My daughter also has a lisp cause she learned it from me and I’m trying to correct it for her because people are really fucked up to people who speak differently.
Thank you!!
Yesssss it work thx u sooooo mach
I don’t have a strong lisp but I didn’t even know until my friend pointed it out. I have an open bite . My tongue hits off my bottom teeth when I say s. I think it’s because of my open bite thooo but I don’t really mind it
Wow, im so glad i found this video, as a teen with that sort of dificulty i kind of tought other people werent passing through the same strugle as me. I am motivaded to stop having a frontal lisp and to for the first time in my life be talking normally. Thank you all for giving me this motivation and I hope that if you read this you also can gain it.. good luck
How many time did it take to fixed your lisp
I'm 17 years old child :D Tnx for video
Thank you.
Excellent tutorial. You're so cute. I'll make sure to use your tricks to help fix my son's lisp.
You re very talented
thank you!
I have a lateral lisp my lower jaw is to the left and I have a fat tongue how do I fix a lisp I’ve gone to speech classes but it’s still not fixed