Monday, July 5, 2010

Review #2: LISPING When /s/ and /z/ are hard to say


http://members.tripod.com/caroline_bowen/lisping.htm
An applause is in order for this article. After reading the article mentioned in the first review, I decided to research one of the speech pathologists cited in the work. The article on the above link provided the most information I have seen yet about lisps. The author, who is renowned Speech Pathologist, took the time to explain from level 1 what a lisp was and the history. After all lisps did not come from thin air. Also this article tells about the four types of lisps, whereas most articles are known for only citing the most basic two. Yes this article seems more scholarly and for an audience that has more than a general interest in lisp, but even as somebody who doesn't know a lot about the topic, the jargon used was not to a point where any reader could follow. Many of the articles that I have read thus far about lisps, focus on children; however this article gives some insight to the adult suffering from a lisp and possible preventive methods. Another thing I liked about Dr. Bowen's writing was that she broke down what an actual speech therapy session would entail for someone suffering from an interdental lisp.

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