Clear speech strategies

Resolve Speech Therapy · Dysarthria series

Strategies
Practice
Self-rating

Select a strategy to learn how to use it. Try each one during your practice session today.

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Loud
Use a louder voice to improve clarity
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Break it up
Separate sounds and syllables clearly
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Exaggerate
Over-emphasise mouth movements
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Slow
Reduce rate to improve intelligibility

📢 Loud — how to use it

  1. Take a deep breath into your stomach before speaking
  2. Consciously think "I am going to be loud"
  3. Open your mouth wide and project your voice forward
  4. Aim to fill the room with your voice

✋ Break it up — how to use it

  1. Break longer words into syllables as you speak
  2. Tap your finger for each syllable to keep pace
  3. For example: hos-pi-tal, tel-e-vi-sion
  4. Pause briefly between each syllable chunk

👄 Exaggerate — how to use it

  1. Slow down and exaggerate your mouth movements
  2. Over-emphasise each sound as you say it
  3. Think of it as speaking in slow motion
  4. Your muscles need more time to reach the right position

🚦 Slow — how to use it

  1. Pause before you start each sentence
  2. Pause in between words as you speak
  3. Give your speech muscles time to move correctly
  4. Slowing down gives each sound space to be heard clearly

Choose your level, then practise using your clear speech strategies.

Words
Phrases
Sentences
Paragraph
Conversation

Words — start here

Cat
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Session observations

Currently at: Words — item 1 of 20

How clear did your speech sound?

Listen back to a recording if possible, then rate how you sounded today.

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0% — not clear at all100% — understood everything
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Clinician intelligibility rating

Rate the client's overall intelligibility during today's session.

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Significantly reducedFully intelligible

Which strategies helped?

📢 Loud
✋ Break it up
👄 Exaggerate
🚦 Slow

Reflect on today's session

Note any speaking situations you found difficult, or strategies you want to try next time.

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Goals for next session

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