Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Introduction To Speech Therapy Tucson

By Coleen Torres


A recent health conference expressed concern that most children have speaking and language problems. Speech Therapy Tucson, also known as Speech Language Pathology, is the solution for these issues. It offers assessment, habilitation and rehabilitation, counseling, and prevention services for any young or old person who have verbal communication problems.

Professionals who solve verbal communication or language problems are called speech-language therapists or clinicians. They treat talking, language, and communication problems that are present in people of all ages. In doing this, they help people become independent communicators who no longer require aid from others by improving speaking, gesture, and communication.

In educational environments like primary, secondary, elementary, secondary, public or private schools, and colleges or universities; full services from therapists are provided through institutions provided by the respective authorities. Governments in almost all locations have created health care centers that provide treatment to people who suffer from verbal communication and language problems. Most governments worldwide are actively trying to overcome their speech and language problems, which are present mostly in children.

A verbal communication disorder refers to the problem with the actual production of sounds, while a language disorder refers to difficulties in understanding and putting words together to communicate feelings, ideas and thoughts. Verbal communication or language disorders involve problems of recognition (the process of getting information) and voice. Additionally to development and social issues, some people may develop this problem after a cerebrovascular accident.

Communication disorders also include articulation, which are difficulties in producing sounds in syllables. Resonance or voice disorders are verbal communication problems with pitch, volume, or quality of the voice. Dysphagia is also a problem which is caused during eating and swallowing.

Different methods are available to assess language, and cognition. There are informal assessments which are non-standard or criterion based, or formal standardized tests which involve instrumental measures and language sample analysis. Informal assessments are based on a speech therapist's knowledge and experience to help solve an individual's disabilities across all areas of the verbal communication problem. Formal standardized testing, on the other hand, is used to measure an individual's disabilities against peers using specific methods. The instrumental method in formal testing involves utilizing equipment to measure physiological or anatomical problems.

Some children have phonological disorder. For example, children might say "nana" for the word "banana". Phonological process or disorders are types of patterns of sound errors that are typically developed by children whenever they try to talk. This problem is caused because the children don't have the ability to use their lips, tongues, teeth, and jaws for clear verbal communication. Another example of this is that they may say "pane" for the word "plane". This is caused because they reduce or delete some letters in the alphabets that are difficult to say. There are many other different patterns of simplifications or phonological processes on top of this.

There are different types of therapy games to fix the verbal communication and language problems in children. Many parents worry about how they could help their kids with verbal communication problems. For those worried parents, it's highly recommended that they take their children to speech therapy centers that will help fix their children's problems.




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