{"id":3088,"date":"2012-04-05T08:17:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T16:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.everhear.com\/?p=3088"},"modified":"2012-04-05T08:17:06","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T16:17:06","slug":"is-it-too-late-to-get-articulation-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/is-it-too-late-to-get-articulation-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it too late to get articulation therapy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tMany adults may think they can&#8217;t &#8220;fix&#8221; their speech problem at &#8220;their&#8221; age. Well, that&#8217;s not true! Anyone can learn a new way to\u00a0use sounds, no matter how old they are. <a href=\"http:\/\/everhear.wpengine.com\/speech\/specialized-areas\/articulation\/\">Articulation<\/a> of sounds depends on how one uses their tongue, lips, jaw, and voice. For an adult who has a &#8220;lisp&#8221;, with some training, more precise and accurate articulation can be achieved in a few short weeks. All it takes, is an examination of what they are doing that is causing the &#8220;lisp&#8221; and what needs to be changed.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/everhear.wpengine.com\/staff\/speech-staff\/\">speech-language pathologist<\/a> is the professional who can evaluate and treat a variety of communication difficulties. In the case of a lisp, with the help of a\u00a0qualified speech-language pathologist, \u00a0the adult learns the new and accurate way of producing\u00a0erred\u00a0sounds. Once this is\u00a0accomplished, it&#8217;s only a matter of\u00a0practicing the sounds in a systematic manner.<\/p>\n<p>All it takes is motivation, a good coach, and\u00a0commitment!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many adults may think they can&#8217;t &#8220;fix&#8221; their speech problem at &#8220;their&#8221; age. Well, that&#8217;s not true! Anyone can learn a new way to\u00a0use sounds, no matter how old they are. Articulation of sounds depends on how one uses their tongue, lips, jaw, and voice. For an adult who has a &#8220;lisp&#8221;, with some training,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Is it too late to get articulation therapy?","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[808,263,809,148],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}