Who do speech and language therapists help?
Speech and language therapists work with: • Children with mild, moderate or severe: • learning difficulties • physical disabilities • swallowing difficulties • language delay • specific language impairment • specific difficulties in producing sounds • hearing impairment • cleft palate • stammering • autism/social interaction difficulties • dyslexia • voice disorders • Adults with eating and swallowing and/or communication problems following stroke, neurological impairments and degenerative conditions including: • head injury • Parkinson’s disease • motor-neuron disease and dementia • cancer of the head, neck and throat (including laryngectomy) • voice problems • mental health issues • learning difficulties • physical disabilities • stammering (dysfluency) • hearing impairment – Source: Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/)
