Speech therapists help people articulate words more clearly by teaching them where to put their tongue on the roof of their mouth. What is right for t and d sounds, is not right for g and k, or s and z. Now Claire Forster and Paul Mallett of the Morecambe Bay Hospital in the UK have developed a neat way of teaching people to hit the right spots (GB 2401051).
The patient temporarily wears a temporary plastic palate in the mouth, which has different textured bumps on its surface at the target spots. These are easily felt and identified…
