Speech Therapy: What it is and when it is needed?

 Speech therapy deals with all activities aimed at the re-education of children with speech and language disorders. Speech therapy deals with the study, prevention, evaluation, and treatment of:

• Voice disturbances
• Speech disturbances
• Communication disturbances
• Disorders of swallowing
• Related cognitive disorders (related, for example, to memory and learning) typical of all age groups

Speech Therapy- What it does?

Speech therapy deals with speech and communication disorders, both isolated and within more complex clinical pictures as in the case of:

• Intellectual disabilities and congenital and acquired neurological diseases (such as genetic syndromes or infantile cerebral palsy)
• Deafness
• Autism spectrum syndrome.

These disorders can affect both the expressive side, and the receptive side and, in the most serious cases, both areas.

Among the most frequent we find:

• Disorders of oral functions (from sucking to swallowing, to feeding)
• Language delays and disorders (from simple articulation difficulties to phonological and grammatical organization disorders)
• Stuttering 
• Speech and singing voice disorders (typical of voice professionals such as teachers, salespeople, and singers)
• Verbal dyspraxias (very serious and often persistent situations in which the child cannot produce sounds, words, and sentences);
• Socio-communicative and pragmatic disorders

Taking in charge

The best clinical practice provides for a multidisciplinary intervention that includes different medical and rehabilitation professionals, according to the specific needs of each case, such as the speech therapist, the neuropsychiatrist, the otolaryngologist, and the psychologist.

Taking charge involves several stages:

In the first place it is necessary to carry out an accurate anamnesis, or a collection of all the information that can contribute a correct classification of the disorder;

Who is the speech therapist?

The speech therapist is the professional expert in the education and re-education of all pathologies that cause disorders of the voice, speech, oral, and written language, as well as communication handicaps.

Speak Easy Solutions- A speech therapy service of excellence

The Speak Easy Solutions offers a specialized Speech therapy in Oviedo, structured and targeted according to the needs of the child, and adults too. The speech therapy clinic in Oviedo deals with all language disorders, language delays and defects, atypical swallowing, dysphonias, and other disorders related to this specific sphere.

In addition, the professionals of our center are specialized in the treatment of learning disorders, such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, and spelling.