You may find that you are needing a speech/ language pathologist near you for several different reasons. Most commonly, Speech therapy may be needed for speech disorders that develop in childhood or speech impairments in adults caused by an injury or illness, for example a stroke or brain injury. Speech pathology therapists, commonly referred to as speech therapists, are medical specialists who work with patients who have any of a number of oral issues. These health issues range from general communication to voice, language, and swallowing. Their job is to be able to assess, diagnose, treat the issue, and come up with measures to prevent any communication or swallowing disorders in both children and adults. You may be curious if a speech therapist and pathologist are the same, The simple answer is that there is no difference between them, they are the same profession. Now, ‘speech-language pathologist’ is the preferred term that is mostly used when referring to the profession.
Speech- Language Pathologist
What is Speech/ Language Pathologist
Why you would need a Speech pathologist
Although there are many reasons you would need to see a speech pathologist. Below I will make a list of the most common reasons you would need to reach out to one in your area in California and surrounding areas. SLPs treat many types of communication and swallowing problems. These include problems with: Speech sounds—how we say sounds and put sounds together into words. Other words for these problems are articulation or phonological disorders, apraxia of speech, or dysarthria. Again, there are a multitude of reasons for children and adults to need to seek speech pathology as a resort to better improve your quality of life.
Pathology needs for Children
Children tend to have different needs when it comes to speech pathology
- hearing impairments.
- cognitive (intellectual, thinking) or other developmental delays.
- weak oral muscles.
- chronic hoarseness.
- cleft lip or cleft palate.
- autism.
- motor planning problems.
- articulation problems.
Other (Adults)
Some adults also run across an impairment that may cause them to need the help of a speech pathologist below are a list of common causes
- Articulation disorders. An articulation disorder is the inability to properly form certain word sounds.
- Fluency disorders.
- Resonance disorders.
- Receptive disorders.
- Expressive disorders.
- Cognitive-communication disorders.
- Aphasia.
- Dysarthria.
Literacy and Language ; Speech Therapy/ Pathology
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