This document provides information on home-based speech exercises from a speech-language pathologist. It discusses exercises that target different areas of speech production like respiration, phonation, resonance and articulation. Specific exercises outlined include blowing through straws and blowing bubbles to strengthen breathing muscles, cheek exercises by holding air in the cheeks, and tongue exercises like sticking the tongue out and saying consonant sounds to improve flexibility and range of motion. The effectiveness of these simple exercises for improving oral motor skills, breath coordination, swallowing, and speech sound production is highlighted.

1. Home based Speech
exercises
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2. WHAT IS SPEECH THERAPY
Speech therapy helps to develop
verbal communication skills by diff.
Intervention also addresses
articulation , swallowing issues of
patient and
Imrana Shakoor
Speech Lang Pathologist

3. ■ Respiration (breathing)
■ Phonation (voicing)
■ Resonance (influencing
voice)
■ Articulation (speech
sounds)
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
OF THE SPEECH MECHANISM
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Speech Lang Pathologist

4. Breathing Exercises
■ blowing
– blowing bubbles
– blowing with straw
■ Whistling
■ Nostril breathing
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Speech Lang Pathologist

5. Blowing Fun games
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Speech Lang Pathologist

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Speech Lang Pathologist

7. Fun with Straws: Drinking different textures through a
drinking straw, or blowing air through a straw to move
objects like pom poms are both great ways to develop a
child’s oral muscles.Difficulty sticking tongue out
Cotton Ball & StrawPut the cotton ball down on the table or
on the floor. Now, take a straw & let him blow through it to
make a cotton ball move (have the cotton ball on the table).
This will help with the oral muscles needed for speech.
Effectiveness:
• develop & improve lips strength.
• strengthen swallowing muscles.
• strengthenting speech production process.
Imrana Shakoor

8. Straw blowing
Imrana Shakoor
Speech Lang Pathologist

9. Cotton Ball & Straw Put the cotton ball down on the
table or on the floor. Now, take a straw & let him blow
through it to make a cotton ball move (have the cotton
ball on the table). This will help with the oral muscles
needed for speech.
Imrana Shakoor
Speech Lang Pathologist

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Speech Lang Pathologist

11. Importance & Effectiveness:
• Drinking from a straw is a very simple yet effective
effective way of improving oral motor skills.
• It works on lip seal, tongue retraction, cheek
strength, correct jaw position,
• it improve breathe coordination, consecutive
swallows.
• Sucking can also help some individuals organize,
increase their attention, and soothe/calm
themselves.
Imrana Shakoor
Speech Lang Pathologist

12. cheeks excerciss
• Take in a deep breath and
puff your cheeks out.
• Hold the air in your cheeks
by tightly
• closing your lips together.
• Hold the air in
• your cheeks for 5 seconds.
• b. Take in another deep
breath and only hold
• air in your left cheek then
with right side
Imrana Shakoor
Speech Lang Pathologist

13. FOR THE LIPS:
• Say "ooo" with exaggerated lip
movement. Then say "eee." Combine
them for "oo-ee." Really round the lips.
• Say "puh" and pop the sound with
emphasis.
• Make a big smile. Relax and repeat.
Imrana Shakoor
Speech Lang Pathologist

14. Mouth range exercise
Effectiveness
• Increase mouth range
• Improve flexibility
• Practice tongue tip sounds. Say "t-t-t-t-t-t," "n-n-n-n-n-n,"
and "d-d-d-d-d-d." You can also try a combination of
these sounds, such at "t-d-n."
• Place the tongue tip on the alveolar ridge behind the
upper front teeth. Then place it behind the bottom front
teeth.
Imrana Shakoor
Speech Lang Pathologist