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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is 12 and had no success with speech and the R sound. The therapist said that it may be a structural issue with her hard palate (high and narrow) which makes it much harder. 
We have not gone to an orthodontist to have it widened, but I’ve heard that that can be successful[/quote]

It may be too late for the palate expander route. My daughter also has a high, narrow palate (along with, originally, issues with many other consonants, most of which have been resolved by 3 years of work with the school SLP). We consulted two orthodontists who both said they like to put in palate expanders by age 9 or 10, after which the palate hardens and is not expandable. Although it may depend on the individual child, of course.

We decided to go the palate expander route after they and the SLP thought it could help. Started at 8.5, and it's been about five months, and it does seem to be helping. Although we also started with a weekly private SLP around that time so it's hard to say if it's the palate expander, the private SLP, or a combo, but her R sounds are much better. They do seem to take a lot more work to correct than the other sounds, though. She has reached the point where she can say R properly but it takes a lot of effort and reminders and that annoys her and she resists, because - unlike in the past when she had many articulation issues - she is perfectly comprehensible now, so she does not see a need to slow down her speech or repeat herself.  [/quote]

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