Speech therapy is a treatment program tailored to meet the specific needs of the patient in improving the ability to communicate through speech or the best communication option available.
If you are having concerns about your speech, or the speech wellness of a loved one, please call us so we can work together to decide the next step.
Which Speech impairments can be corrected?
Articulation/Phonological Disorders or Delays
-Errors in the person’s speech sounds. For example, replacing a ‘w’ for ‘r’ (‘white’ instead of ’right’.)
Language Disorders
-Any interference with the ability to communicate effectively in any community as dictated by the norms of that community.
Fluency/Stuttering Disorders
-Any interruption in the flow/fluency of natural speech.
Swallowing Disorders
-Impairment which reduces the ability to receive sufficient nutrition by mouth, also, when foods or liquids travel into the lungs instead of the stomach.
Cognitive Deficits
-Language or cognitive skills impaired by cause of stroke or brain injury, can include: short-term memory loss, problem solving, difficulties with comprehension/expression, or reasoning.
Oral Motor / Sensory Disorders
-An inability to effectively use muscles such as tounge or jaw in the correct manner to process food or speech. Sensory impairment refers to abnormal functioning of one or more of the five receptive pathways (vision, hearing, smelling, touching, or tasting.)
Voice
Deviations in pitch, intensity, or quality, of vocal functions, may be related to laryngeal function or resonance disorders.
What are some Speech Disorders? *links below take you to asha.org
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Dysarthria
Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonological Processes
Stuttering
Voice
What are some Language Disorders?
Language-Based Learning Disabilities
Preschool Language Disorders
Selective Mutism
Medical and Developmental Conditions
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Autism
Cleft Lip and Palate
Right Hemisphere Brain Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury
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