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I 100% agree with this. I realize that people feed off your reactions to them, so I should not be visibly upset in front of them. Thanks!

Um, excuse me? I did not ask for anyone's opinion about my choice to be "hearing" than be deaf. I am simply requesting for any tips or help on how I can improve my own speech. This has nothing to do with using a paper and pen to communicate. If one does not feel comfortable with ANYTHING, then...

Sometimes I don't feel just comfortable using a paper and pen to communicate. I'd rather speak orally.

I don't have any recorder with me, not even an iPhone. :(

Furthermore, will listening help? I have a Cochlear Implant so I can obviously hear, but I'm a very quiet and reserved person. So will listening to audiobooks be beneficial? Thanks!

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. To explain the situation, I could say that I'm "traumatized" by experiences of how people treated me based on my speech. I underwent speech therapy for 6 years and since then, my speech was really good that people could not tell that I'm deaf. But I did not...

That's what I am thinking of. I actually spoke to my disability service staff and she knows of an instructor who specializes in linguistics, so when she gets hold of her, I might receive assistance.

I know I'm "beating a dead horse" but my speech used to be so good and I never had a problem with my speech. However I became quieter over the past years and that accounted for the deterioration in my speech, so I'm "relearning" my old skills. I know I can never make my speech perfect but I want...

Unfortunately, I'm over 18 (I live in canada) and therefore no longer eligible to receive free speech therapy.

Furthermore, I'm in my first year of university and got a "reality check". Whenever I talk to people, they would be like, "huh…" and just turn their heads away, pretending they could hear me when in reality, they were just ignoring me. Also, at a chinese restaurant, I asked the cashier about...

Okay I'll tell the truth. I've tried using my friends and they were not very supportive of me actually. Even with my family, they would mock my speech or even laugh at me. I was absolutely devastated and so upset after that shit happened to me. I gave up on trying to look for someone whom I can...

I could do this, but first I would like to work on my speech myself first before I can ask anyone else.

I'm absolutely motivated and determined to get rid of my speech impediment…I know some of you may say that it would not be possible to make our speech perfect or get rid of our "deaf" accent. I just want to be clear in producing my speech. I have most trouble with pronouncing /r/, and /th/...

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Ummmm….okay people have gone off the tangent. Anyways I am not talking about making my speech perfect but more articulate and clear like how it used to be. It seems that I have forgotten how to produce certain phonemes or letters.

This. I want my speech to be refined. I don't really believe that we can get rid of our "deafie" voice. I had a speech assessment recently and found out that I need to work on these phonemes: /th/, /r/, /f/ and /p/. Any suggestions? If I work on these letters, my speech will be perfect as...

Wow! Thanks for the great tips. However, do you recommend that I read a book (that does NOT have pronouncation guides) out loud and listen to myself? That would be difficult though.

This is exactly what happened to my speech. I stopped talking or socializing with people so I completely forgot how to pronounce certain words.

Thanks for all the replies. No, like what I said above, my speech was really good that everyone doubted when I reveal to them that I am deaf. However, over the past few years, I've become more introverted and therefore did not talk much. Now I want to take that back but I can't, so I'm willing...

Here's my story: I was born deaf and had Cochlear Implant (unilateral) surgery when I was 7. Then I had intensive speech therapy for about 6 years, and my speech was polished and excellent. However, my speech is starting to deteriorate and I'm pretty much desperate to get my speech back to...