Epsiode 10: When Is A Lisp, A Lisp?

Sid The Sloth, Tweety Bird and Daffy Duck all share a similar problem but in different ways - lisps! In Dr Lisa Hudson's speech pathology practice every week she gets questions about whether a child has a lisp that needs therapy - and the children concerned range in age from 2.5 to 12 years! Clearly there's a little uncertainty when it comes to intervening with lisps. In Lisa's podcast, she's aiming to make it easier to decide when to take action. This week you will learn: about the four types of lisps, which two are usually developmental and "grown out of" , which two really need to be seen, when to seek therapy, and what other speech patterns children show when they haven't mastered "s"