WHAT DO SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST WORK ON? 

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In Children 

• Developmental or aquired speech and language delays and disorders such as: 

  • Auditory listening skills due to hearing loss

  • Articulation or Phonology

  • Communication disorders because of Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome, Autism spectrum disorders or a hearing loss

  • Social skills

  • Stuttering Dysfluency)

  • Voice

In Adults 

• Cognitive disorders resulting in possible challenges with one or a few of the following: attention, executive functioning, memory, orientation, problem solving and reasoning.

• Dysfluency disorders, known as stuttering

• Motor speech disorders often referred to either dysarthria or apraxia following a stroke, injury to the brain (TBI), tumors radiation induced, or due to degenerative neurological disorders. The dysarthrias are characterized by one or more of the following: weakness, incoordination, or paralysis of the speech musculature. Apraxia can make saying the intended sounds or words difficult.

• Language disorders due to a stroke or traumatic brain injury. Typically referred to as Aphasia where the individual has difficulty understanding, speaking, reading, or writing 

• Swallowing disorders (Dysphagia) resulting in difficulty with swallowing due to a stroke, TBI, radiation induced or as a result of surgery. 

• Voice disorders due to paralyzed vocal cords, vocal nodules, radiation induced or dysphonia due to vocal abuse or laryngeal penetration reflux. Some patients who have experienced a total laryngectomy will require services to learn how to speak using a tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis (TEP) as well as manage the device.