What is Speech Therapy?

Speech Therapy is a treatment for children and adults who present any range of the following problems.

Speech Disorders

Aphasia - difficulty understanding and formulating language often linked to stroke, head injury
Apraxia - challenges with planning and coordinating muscular movements in order to make speech sounds
Articulation & Phonology - how we produce speech sounds and the speech patterns with which we use them
Dysarthria - slurred speech
Fluency - stuttering
Voice - difficulties with how our voice sounds, such as hoarseness

Language Disorders

Expressive Language - how we use spoken and written language
Receptive Lanugage - how we understand spoken and written language
Pragmatic Language - how we communicate socially, including but not limited to social language, nonverbal language, social behavior, abstract language, deductive reasoning, etc.

Swallowing Disorders

Oral-Motor Disorders - tongue, lips & cheek weakness and coordination difficulties
Swallowing / feeding Disorders - difficulty chewing and / or swallowing, tolerance of food textures (picky eaters)
Tongue Thrust / Reverse Swallow - often diagnosed through dentist

Other Areas of Treatment

Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) devices
Cognitive-Linguistic Skills - memory, attention, orientation, following directions, problem solving
Executive Functioning
Hearing Loss - loss of hearing