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SPParents ask me this allll the time: “Is this a lisp?”
A true lisp is a distortion of the S and Z sounds –
tongue between the teeth, pressed on the teeth, air spilling over the sides, or pulled too far back so it sounds more like “sh.”
If your child says “fink” for think or “dis” for this…
that’s a TH substitution, not a lisp.
Both can make speech harder to understand, and both are worth checking out with a speech therapist but we treat them differently in therapy.
Save this to replay the different lisp sounds and share with a parent or teacher who may have the same question “lisp.” 💛
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