| One of the not so noticed areas of rehabilitation | | | | Articulation Disorders |
| medicine is Speech Therapy. In fact, a lot of | | | | Articulation Disorders are basically problems with |
| people may not even know that something like | | | | physical features used for articulation. These |
| this existed. It may be the case that this is your | | | | features include lips, tongue, teeth, hard and soft |
| first time to encounter the field or you may have | | | | palate, jaws and inner cheeks. If you have an |
| heard it somewhere, but don't fully understand | | | | Articulation Disorder, then you may have a |
| what the practice is all about. | | | | problem producing words or syllables correctly to |
| The sad truth about Speech Therapy is that you | | | | the point that people you communicate to can't |
| may not encounter it unless the situation calls for | | | | understand what you are saying. |
| it. However, getting to know what the practice is | | | | Resonance or Voice Disorders |
| can be very beneficial information. | | | | Resonance, more popularly known as, Voice |
| What Is Speech Therapy | | | | Disorders mainly deal with problems regarding |
| As the name suggests, speech therapy deals with | | | | phonation or the production of the raw sound |
| speech problems that an individual may encounter. | | | | itself. Most probably, you have a Voice Disorder |
| However, the field of Speech Pathology doesn't | | | | when the sound that your larynx or voice box |
| only tackle speech, but also language and other | | | | produces comes out to be muffled, nasal, |
| communication problems that people may already | | | | intermittent, weak, too loud or any other |
| have due to birth, or people acquired due to | | | | characteristic not pertaining to normal. |
| accidents or other misfortunes. | | | | Fluency Disorders |
| Speech therapy is basically a treatment that | | | | Fluency Disorders are speech problems with |
| people of all ages can undergo through, to fix | | | | regard to the fluency of your speech. There are |
| their speech. Although speech therapy alone would | | | | some cases that you talk too fast, in which |
| focus on fixing speech related problems like | | | | people can't understand you, thus, you have a |
| treating one's vocal pitch, volume, tone, rhythm | | | | Fluency Disorder of Cluttering. The most common |
| and articulation. | | | | Fluency Disorder however, is Stuttering, which is a |
| Goals Of Speech Therapy | | | | disorder of fluency where your speech is |
| Speech Therapy aims for an individual to develop | | | | constantly interrupted by blocks, fillers, stoppages, |
| or get back effective communication skills at its | | | | repetitions or sound prolongations. |
| optimal level. Recovery mainly depends on the | | | | Who Gives Speech Therapy |
| case and severity of your problem, especially if | | | | A highly trained professional, called a SLP or a |
| your speech problem is acquired, meaning you had | | | | Speech and Language Pathologist, gives Speech |
| normal speech skills before then you had an | | | | Therapy. Speech and Language Pathologists are |
| accident or abrupt incident that caused your | | | | informally more popularly known as Speech |
| current speech problem; thus, you may or may | | | | Therapists. They are professionals who have |
| not get back your old level of speech function. | | | | education and training with human communication |
| Speech Problems | | | | development and disorders. |
| Speech problems are mainly categorized into | | | | Speech and Language pathologists assess, |
| three namely: Articulation Disorders, Resonance or | | | | diagnose and treat people with speech, |
| Voice Disorders and Fluency Disorders. Each | | | | communication and language disorders. However, |
| disorder deals with a different pathology and uses | | | | they are not doctors, but are considered to be |
| different techniques for therapy. | | | | specialists on the field of medical rehabilitation. |