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Speech therapy is the evaluation and treatment of communication problems and speech disorders. It is performed by speech-language pathologists (SLPs), which are often referred to as speech therapists. Speech therapy techniques are used to improve communication. These include articulation therapy, fluency therapy, language intervention activities, and others depending on the type of speech or language disorder. Speech therapy may be needed for speech and language disorders that develop in childhood and communication disorders in adults caused by an injury or illness, such as stroke or brain injury.

Why do you need speech therapy?

There are several speech and language disorders that can be treated with speech therapy.

Childhood Communication Disorders:

The condition where the child is having a difficulty in understanding others speech and inability to express their thoughts is known as childhood communication disorders.

There are several types of these disorders. They are

Mixed Receptive - Expressive Language Disorder

The child shows developmental delays and difficulty in understanding spoken language and speaking. (E.g, ASD, MR, ADHD).
Developmental Language Disorder

Other speech disorders - Here the child may have normal language development but finds difficulty in speaking.

An articulation disorder is the inability to properly form certain word sounds. A child with this speech disorder may drop, swap, distort, or add word sounds. An example of distorting a word would be saying "thith" instead of "this".

A fluency disorder affects the flow, speed, and rhythm of speech. Stuttering and cluttering 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 a word. A person with cluttering often speaks very fast and merges words together.

A resonance disorder occurs when a obstacle or barrier of regular airflow in the nasal or oral cavities modifies the vibrations responsible for voice quality. It can also happen if the velopharyngeal valve doesn't close properly. Resonance disorders are often associated with cleft palate, neurological disorders, and swollen tonsils.

Voice disorders: If you have a problem with pitch, volume, tone and quality of voice then it falls under voice disorders. It occurs when the vocal cords are not vibrating adequately and properly. This may be caused by various reasons such as laryngitis, vocal cord nodule, neurological problems, GERD (acid reflux), smoking, vocal abuse etc.,

Swallowing disorders: It occurs when individual have difficulty in eating and swallowing. It is often occurred as a result of an illness, injury, or stroke.

Neurological Communication Disorders in Adults and Elders

Cognitive-communication disorders

Difficulty 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.
Aphasia

This is an acquired communication disorder that affects a person's ability to speak and understand others speech. 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. (E.g., TBI, Brain tumor).
Dysarthria

This condition is characterized by slow or slurred speech due to a weakness or inability to control the muscles used for speech. It's a neurogenic disorder condition that cause facial paralysis or throat and tongue weakness, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and stroke.

Clinical Focus

The following services are offered

Detailed assessment and management of childhood communication disorders, adult speech and language disorders.
Bedside evaluation and management, when required.
Creating individual guest-oriented management plans
Documenting patient's case, history reports & therapy planner.
Monitoring patients progress and adjusting their treatment plans accordingly.
Counselling
Providing home therapy plans
Follow-ups

Our Services

In Dr.KMH, Speech Therapy is an integral part of Child Development Center (CDC) and dynamically participates in holistic development of children with special needs.

Children Language Disorder

Delayed Speech and Language

A speech and language delay is when a child isn't developing speech and language at an expected rate. It's a common developmental problem that affects as many as 10% of preschool children.
Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental condition involving persistent challenges with social communication, restricted interests, and repetitive behaviour. While autism is considered a lifelong disorder, the degree of impairment in functioning because of these challenges varies between individuals with autism.
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder)

ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. It is usually first diagnosed in childhood and often lasts into adulthood. Children with ADHD may have trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors (may act without thinking about what the result will be), or be overly active.
Hearing Impairment

Hearing impairments are classified in terms of the severity and type of hearing impairment. The severity of the hearing impairment is categorized based on the minimum sound that can be heard with your better ear. The higher the decibel (dB), the louder the sound.
Mental Retardation

Mental retardation is a brain development disorder characterized by IQ scores below the average normal person and the ability to do bad everyday skills. Mental retardation is also known as an intellectual disorder.
Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders that affect normal movement in different parts of the body. This condition can cause problems with posture, manner of walking (gait), muscle tone, and coordination of movement. The word "cerebral" refers to the brain's cerebrum, which is the part of the brain that regulates motor function. "Palsy" describes the paralysis of voluntary movement in certain parts of the body.
Stuttering

Stuttering is a speech disorder characterized by repetition of sounds, syllables or words, prolongation of sounds, and interruptions in speech known as blocks. An individual who stutters exactly knows what he or she would like to say but has trouble producing a normal flow of speech. These speech disruptions may be accompanied by struggle behaviors, such as rapid eye blinks or tremors of the lips.
Misarticulation

An articulation disorder is a kind of speech disorder where individuals face difficulties articulating some definite types of sounds. It mainly involves substituting one sound for another, indistinct speech, or demeaning of speech. In simple words, articulation means making speech sounds by manipulating articulators in a particular way for sharing thoughts.
Voice Disorders

If your vocal cords become inflamed, develop growths or become paralyzed, they can't work properly, and you may develop a voice disorder.
Learning Disability

A learning disability is a neurological condition which affects the brain's ability to send, receive, and process information. A child with a learning disability may have difficulties in reading, writing, speaking, listening, understanding mathematical concepts, and with general comprehension.

Adult Language Disorder

Dysarthria

Dysarthria refers to a group of neurogenic speech disorders characterized by "abnormalities in the strength, speed, range, steadiness, tone, or accuracy of movements required for breathing, phonatory, resonatory, articulatory, or prosodic aspects of speech production.
Aphasia

Aphasia is a disorder that results from damage to portions of the brain that are responsible for language. For most people, these areas are on the left side of the brain. Aphasia usually occurs suddenly, often following a stroke or head injury, but it may also develop slowly, as the result of a brain tumor or a progressive neurological disease.
Apraxia

Apraxia of speech (AOS) is a speech disorder in which someone has trouble speaking. A person with AOS knows what they'd like to say, but has difficulty getting their lips, jaw, or tongue to move in the proper way to say it. To speak, your brain needs to send a message to your mouth. AOS affects the pathways of the brain that are involved in planning and coordinating the movements that are necessary for speech.
Dysphagia

Dysphagia refers to a difficulty in swallowing and it takes more effort than normal to move food from the mouth to the stomach. Usually caused by nerve or muscle problems, dysphagia can be painful and is more common in older people and babies.
Voice Disorders

If your vocal cords become inflamed, develop growths or become paralyzed, they can't work properly, and you may develop a voice disorder.

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