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Speech therapy may help a person with Autism to build appropriate communication and social skills in a variety of settings. Someone with Autism may need assistance navigating situations, at home, school, work, and other settings. A person with Autism could benefit from speech therapy in early childhood through adulthood depending on severity.

Speech therapy can help a person that may be difficult to understand due to trouble with saying sounds/words correctly and clearly. Treatment may include teaching a patient how to correctly make sounds and use them in words and sentences. We treat patients with phonological disorders, apraxia of speech, and other articulation disorders.

Treatment is individualized based on patient and family needs and preference. The goal is to help patients be able to communicate functionally both at home and in daily situations. Many patients with Aphasia choose to have their family participate in treatment in order to optimize progress outside of therapy.

An Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device may be a great solution for individuals who have difficulty communicating verbally. An SLP can help determine what device is best for you or your family member as well as provide instruction and intervention on how to use it to participate in daily interactions with family and peers.

A person may have difficulty with swallowing due to several underlying causes and conditions. SLP’s can help patients learn about different management approaches and to help combat swallowing difficulties that may be present after neurological events/disorders, or patients with chronic/stable conditions. Treatment may target specific functions or structures involved in the feeding process.

Some individuals develop muscle weakness due to brain damage. Weak facial muscles can result in difficulty producing sounds and words accurately. Someone with a motor speech disorder such as Dysarthria can work with an SLP to develop strategies that target strength and coordination of facial muscles used to produce speech sounds.

Speech therapy services provided to children who have, or are at risk for developmental delays, disability, or health conditions may be beneficial in assisting the child to develop effective communication and swallowing skills. The earlier that services are provided, the more likely children are to achieve successful learning outcomes.

SLPs may help a person who stutters gain confidence by providing strategies to help avoid stuttering patterns and behaviors, alter stuttering events, or implement self-advocacy strategies. Speech therapy for fluency is based on patient preference, types of stutters observed, percentage of stuttering events, and secondary behaviors that co-exist with stuttering.

You may feel as though your voice does not represent who you are. Speech therapy can assist you with strategies that help manipulate your voice in a way that allows you to speak in a voice that is more aligned with your gender. This may involve working on overall communication such as gestures as well as use of muscles involved in speech production. Strategies to practice and take care of your voice will also play a large roll in speech therapy.

A person with hearing loss may not be able to hear all sounds well which could lead to problems with speaking clearly and producing sounds correctly. Children who is hard of hearing may also develop difficulty with language and reading that result from lack of exposure to language being spoken around them. SLPs may be beneficial to someone with hearing loss by providing intervention for speech sounds, language, and literacy.

Individuals can acquire voice disorders from many different causes such as neurological conditions or injuries. SLPs can provide strategies to help manipulate vocal folds as well as breathing. SLPs also provide counseling on ways to care for your voice and avoid vocally abusive behaviors.

Orofacial Myology is the study of facial muscles, their associated movements and how those movements affect the functions of; cranial development and oral resting posture. An Orofacial Myologist is trained in the neuromuscular facilitation of the orofacial musculature.