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Subject: Re: Expander AWAYYYYYY

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Cookie

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Date Posted: 07:24:33 07/06/04 Tue
In reply to: Cap'n Nemo 's message, "Re: Expander AWAYYYYYY" on 18:50:53 07/01/04 Thu

Thanks Cap-

Speech gets better with time, the first two weeks are definitely the hardest. Practice talking to yourself (just don't answer yourself) singing along to songs, read books aloud etc. It does become easier with practice.

The S's and G's where VERY hard for me. I remember one day I was telling my friend about a really nice hotel in my city called "The Georgian Terrace" It came out sounding like "The Jorjian Tewace" LOL.

Stick with it, I was told that I would have to wear mine for 8 months and my ortho took it out after 4 months ;-)

Cookie

>Congratulations! I hear ya about the speech. I have
>had my expander in for 2 weeks and it seems way
>longer. I am relearning speech and sound at times
>like I have a mouth full of marbles. I am slated for
>3 months with my Quad helix appliance and hope it is
>off earlier rather than later. I have a lot of
>trouble with the "s" sound if it falls in the last
>part of a word.
>
>Any suggestions for improving speech wearing an
>expander...or does it improve on its own with time?
>
>>Yipppeeee!!! My expander came off yesterday after only
>>4 months of wear (I was initially told that I would
>>have to wear it for 8 months) It's so weird because
>>when the expander is first put on, you have to learn
>>how to talk with it in and now that it's off, I have
>>to adjust to talking without it. HEY, I'm not
>>complaining though, The less metal in my mouth, the
>>better!

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