therapy for a non-native speaker of English, designed to increase speech intelligibility, without jeopardizing the integrity of the individual's first dialect dialect vs. disorder A dialect is difference, NOT a disorder A communication difference is a variation of speech that is shared by a group...
, open-mouthed yawns that extend into a "sigh." Any improvement in vocal quality observed during the "sigh" is a good prognostic indicator. In therapy, the "sigh" can be shaped into "h-words" or open mouth vowels, which can then be shaped into words, phrases, and conversational speech...