A Speech Language

Pathologist works to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, and cognitive disorders. Speech therapists can help improve difficulty in the areas as they relate to:

Articulation: The correct pronunciation of words and speaking clearly.

Cognitive Rehabilitation: Memory, attention, problem solving, organization, and other thinking skills. Therapy for brain injury.

Fluency: Commonly known as stuttering.

Expressive Langauge: Using language to verbalize thoughts and ideas.

Receptive Language: Understanding spoken and written language.

Feeding and Swallowing: Also called dysphagia. Eating, chewing, swallowing and/or drooling.

Accent Reduction: Changing in speech pronunciation, stress, rhythm, and intonation of speech.

Voice Training: Training on vocal quality, pitch, and loudness.

Social Communication: Pragmatic aspets of language including following rules, turn taking, proximity from speaker, and social routines. 

A Speech Language Pathologist’s objective is to enhance the skills necessary to effectively communicate whether it’s through verbal expression or comprehension. A Speech Pathologist can give you the skills  to express your wants and needs, build social relationships, facilitate problem solving, and increase intelligibility.  Ultimately an effective communicator will have a  heighten self-esteem and increase in independence.  If you have concerns in any of these areas, call today.

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