Speech & Swallow Therapy

What does speech-language pathology means?

Speech-language pathology is concerned with a broad scope of speech, language, swallowing, and voice issues involved in communication, some of which include:

Word-finding and other semantic issues, either as a result of a specific language impairment (SLI) such as a language delay or as a secondary characteristic of a more general issue such as dementia.

Social communication difficulties involving how people communicate or interact with others (pragmatics).

Language impairments, including difficulties creating sentences that are grammatical (syntax) and modifying word meaning (morphology).

Literacy impairments (reading and writing) related to the letter-to-sound relationship (phonics), the word-to-meaning relationship (semantics), and understanding the ideas presented in a text (reading comprehension).

Voice difficulties, such as a raspy voice, a voice that is too soft, or other voice difficulties that negatively impact a person's social or professional performance.

Cognitive impairments (e.g., attention, memory, executive function) to the extent that they interfere with communication.

Who requires speech-language therapy?

Puberphonia

Cerebral Palsy

Hearing loss and impairments

Learning difficulties including Dyslexia

Specific language impairment (SLI)

Auditory processing confusion

Speech confusions (such as cluttering)

Stammering, stuttering (disfluency)

Language delay

Motor speech confusions (dysarthria or Developmental verbal dyspraxia)

Cognitive communication confusions

Laryngectomies

Adults with mild, moderate, or severe eating, feeding and swallowing difficulties, including dysphagia

Adults with mild, moderate, or severe language difficulties as a result of

Motor neuron diseases

Alzheimer's disease

Dementia (memory problems)

Huntington's disease

Multiple sclerosis

Parkinson's disease

Post surgical conditions in progressive neurological conditions such as cancer of the head, neck and throat

Aphasic (language confusions after stroke, cva or brain injury)