Hello everyone and welcome aboard to the new member from L.A. Tracy re my voice, it has taken at least 10 months for me to get things working well, I have spent many hours infront of the mirror, also those wooden spatulars building up daily as it was impossible to open my mouth to begin with; also my voice had a high nasel sound; I did have some difficulty with French to begin with as you have to position your tongue in a different part of the mouth; things are going well; food is a problem as, very salty taste to everything and still no saliva, but every one has a different reaction.
Stick with it kido, remember your tongue is a muscle, so excerise it, as much as you can.