Speech Therapy

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Speech is the primary method of communicating with others. It is the process of producing specific sounds that convey meaning to the listener. A speech disorder refers to any condition that affects person’s ability to produce sounds that create words.

People who have difficulty expressing themselves (expressive language) and understanding what others are saying (Receptive language) it’s called as language disorder.

Both children and adults can have speech and language disorders. There are so many reasons of speech and language disorders it may have result of medical problem or have no known cause.

Renew Hearing Centre has professional speech language pathologist who provide complete care (Assessment & Therapy) for various speech and language problems for both children and adults. Your SLP uses different techniques and it helps us to improve our communication. These include articulation therapy, language intervention techniques and others depending on the type of speech and language disorder.

Why We Need Speech Therapy?

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There are several speech and language disorders they can be treated with speech therapy, by using different speech and language techniques and applying in a correct manner. As well speech therapy help the people to become independent communicator speech, gesture or communication aids as needed.

Fluency Disorders

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A fluency disorder affects the flow, speed, and rhythm of speech. Stuttering and cluttering both are fluency disorders.
A person with stuttering has trouble getting out a sound and may have speech that is blocked or interrupted, or may repeat part of all of a word. Stuttering is an audible occurrence which is not readily controlled.
A person with cluttering often speaks very fast and merges words together. It results in rapid, unorganized and often unintelligible speech.
Fluency disorders may also affect emotions negatively. Emotions like fear, irritation, embarrassment, tension.

Dysarthria

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It is a speech disorder and it is characterised by slow or slurred speech due to a weakness or inability to control the muscles used for speech. It’s most commonly caused by nervous system disorders and conditions that cause facial paralysis or throat and tongue weakness such as multiple sclerosis and stroke.

Aphasia

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This is an acquired communication disorder it affects a person’s ability to speak and understand others. It also often affects a person’s ability to read and write. Stroke is the most common cause of aphasia, though other brain disorders can also cause it.

Receptive Disorders

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A person with receptive language disorder has trouble understanding and processing what others say. This can cause you to seem uninterested when someone is speaking, have trouble following directions, or have a limited vocabulary. Other language disorders, autism, hearing loss, and a head injury can lead to a receptive language disorder.

Expressive Disorders

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Expressive language disorder is difficulty conveying or expressing information. If you have an expressive disorder, you may have trouble forming accurate sentences, such as using incorrect verb tense. It’s associated with developmental impairments, such as Down syndrome and hearing loss. It can also result from head trauma or a medical condition.

Cognitive communication disorders

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ifficulty communicating because of an injury to the part of the brain that controls your ability to think is referred to as cognitive-communication disorder. It can result in memory issues, problem solving, and difficulty speaking, or listening. It can be caused by biological problems, such abnormal brain development, certain neurological conditions, a brain injury, or stroke.
If you are looking for speech therapist then Renew Hearing Centre will be the best choice as we have experienced speech therapists that will help the Child and Adult to support their communication abilities.
Speech therapy can treat a broad range of speech and language delays and disorders in children and adults. With early intervention, speech therapy can improve communication and boost self-confidence.

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