Many diseases can affect a patients ability to understand
others and express themselves. Speech therapy can help
people who are not able to make speech sounds or cannot
speak clearly.
Speech therapists also work with people who stutter,
have fluency and rhythm problems, inappropriate pitch,
or harsh voice and speech quality problems. Patients
with the following conditions can often be helped with
speech therapy.
Developmental delay in speech and / or language
(with / without hearing impairment)
Difficulty in communicating basic
needs / wants (inc. auditory comprehension and verbal
expression)
Swallowing difficulty (at risk for
silent aspiration when drinking / eating
Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, or
other neurological conditions
