Comments on: Bubbles and Babies http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2009/03/21/bubbles-and-babies/ Two parents, one autistic toddler, a new baby, half a clue, and just enough light to see by Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Tim http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2009/03/21/bubbles-and-babies/comment-page-1/#comment-4299 Tim Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:34:56 +0000 http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/?p=721#comment-4299 Mary describes his default 'b' sound as "mmmmmb". I tend to describe it like a guttural, sort of hard swallow sound without actually swallowing. The truth is it really defies description. Even the speech therapists struggle to make sense of it. You might be able to come close to duplicating it if you make a humming sound from deep in your throat, quickly and slightly and shallowly drop your Adam's apple and let it come back to normal - twice in rapid succession - and do all this with your lips slightly open. That's in the ballpark, but to be honest, I don't have a clue how he does it. Mary describes his default ‘b’ sound as “mmmmmb”. I tend to describe it like a guttural, sort of hard swallow sound without actually swallowing. The truth is it really defies description. Even the speech therapists struggle to make sense of it.

You might be able to come close to duplicating it if you make a humming sound from deep in your throat, quickly and slightly and shallowly drop your Adam’s apple and let it come back to normal – twice in rapid succession – and do all this with your lips slightly open. That’s in the ballpark, but to be honest, I don’t have a clue how he does it.

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