Speech therapy is the analysis and treatment of communication issues and speech problems. It is conducted by speech-language pathologists (SLPs), usually called speech therapists.
Speech therapy techniques are employed to better communication. These incorporate articulation therapy, language intervention activities, and others based on the speech or language disorder type.
Speech therapy may be essential for speech disorders in childhood or speech impairments in adults because of an injury or illness, like stroke or brain injury.
Requirement of speech therapy:
Multiple speech and language disorders can be treated with speech therapy.
● Articulation disorders. An articulation disorder is an incompetence to correctly form specific word sounds. A child with this speech defect may drop, swap, distort, or add word sounds.
● Fluency problems. A fluency disorder influences the flow, speed, and rhythm of speech. Stuttering and cluttering are fluency problems. An individual with stuttering has a problem getting out a sound and may have blocked or interrupted speech or may repeat part of a word. A person with cluttering usually speaks very fast and merges words.
● Resonance defects. A resonance disorder arrives when a blockage or hindrance of regular airflow in the nasal or oral cavities alters the vibrations accountable for voice quality. It can also arrive if the velopharyngeal valve doesn’t close apropriately. Resonance disorders are commonly combined with cleft palate, neurological disorders, and swollen tonsils.
● Receptive disorders. A person with a receptive language disorder must learn and process what others say. This can induce you to look uninterested when somebody is speaking, have issues following directions, or have a confined vocabulary. Other language disorders, hearing loss, autism, and a head injury, can follow receptive language defects.
● Expressive disorders. Expressive language disorder is complicated in conveying or expressing details. If you have an expressive problem, you may have an issue forming proper sentences, such as using incorrect verb tenses. It’s associated with developmental impairments like Down syndrome and hearing loss. It can also follow from head trauma or a medical condition.
● Cognitive-communication disorders. Hard communication due to an injury to the part of the brain that handles your ability to think is called a cognitive communication disorder. It can follow in memory problems, problem-solving, and difficulty speaking or listening. Biological issues, like abnormal brain growth, specific neurological conditions, a brain injury, or stroke, can induce it.
