What Is Speech Therapy?

WHAT IS SPEECH THERAPY?

Speech therapy aims to improve a person’s communication. Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) are professionals who specialize in speech-language therapy.

Which Language Disorders Do Speech Therapists Treat? Receptive language disorder

Pragmatic language disorder

Expressive language disorder

Cognitive-communication disorder

Which Speech Disorders Do Speech Therapists Treat? 1. Articulation Disorder An articulation disorder is when a person’s speech contains one or more of the following: sound errors, omissions, distortions, or substitutions. These types of production errors affect the quality or intelligibility of the speaker’s speech. In some cases, making it difficult to understand what the person is saying.

2. Fluency Disorder Known as “stuttering,” is distinguished by repetitions of sounds, syllables, or entire words; prolongations of sounds; or blocks of airflow or voicing during speech are examples of primary behaviors.

3. Resonance Disorder Known as “voice disorders”. Voice disorders occur when the speech signal produces too much or too little nasal and/or oral sound energy. It may be caused by physiological or functional factors, and it may also be caused by mislearning.

SLPs Techniques Are:

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Language Intervention Activities

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Articulation Therapy

To promote language learning, the SLP can communicate with a child by playing and interacting, using images, books, objects, or ongoing activities. To develop language skills, the SLP can model correct vocabulary and grammar and use repetition exercises.

The SLP imitates the speech sounds that the client is having trouble with. This may involve showing how to adjust the tongue to make different sounds.

3. Feeding and Swallowing Therapy

SLP teaches the client movements to improve the mouth muscles. This may include facial massage as well as different tongue, mouth, and jaw exercises. He/she may also experiment with various food textures to increase sensitivity when chewing and swallowing.

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