Top of the Parps
One of the key issues affecting J’s speech was that he was unable to blow through his mouth, rather than his nose. If he blew, the air would fly out of both equally. Two months ago he couldn’t blow through a straw without an adult holding his nose closed. But a bit of practise has wrought an incredible improvement. Yesterday he started playing a harmonica; today he made noise using this parper – bought from a French hypermarche during the 1998 World Cup and requiring a decent amount of puff. He seemed pretty chuffed about it, as was I.
There will be a lot of small steps between here and normal conversation, but this really does feel like a big one.
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