Lily got a dental appliance and her speech changed immediately, lasting a couple days. Hallie explains that some consonants, especially S sounds, get harder when an appliance partially blocks your mouth, but it's not a long-term concern.
Do you think that the way that you talk changed after you got your appliance? Like, your speech.
Sounds like, right after they put it in?
Yes.
Like the second after.
Yes. Like, for a couple days.
Yes.
Yeah.
They sound like someone from Salmon Cat.
From Salmon Cat.
Yeah. Because my friends were like, lily, you sound different. And I was like, I know.
Yeah. Even some of your, like, S's and some sounds sound like they're still a little hard to make. And that's what happens sometimes when you have a big thing blocking part of your mouth. I'm not worried about it. You guys will be fine. But it definitely can change your speech a little bit.
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