What Does a Speech And Language Pathologist Treat?
Speech disorders: Articulation: the way we say our speech sounds. Phonology: the speech patterns we use. Apraxia: difficulty planning and coordinating the movements needed to make speech sounds. Fluency: stuttering. Voice: problems with the way the voice sounds. Language disorders: Receptive language: difficulty understanding language. Expressive language: difficulty using language. Pragmatic language: social communication; the way we speak to each other. Other disorders: Deafness/hearing loss: loss of hearing (therapy includes developing lip-rounding, speech, and/or alternative communication systems). Oral-Motor disorders: weak tongue and/or lip muscles. Swallowing/feeding disorders: difficulty chewing and/or swalowing. What Are Speech And Language Disorders? Diane Paul-Brown, Ph.D., Director of clinical issues in speech-language pathology at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) considers the following as speech disorders and language disorders: Articulation disorde
