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Communication disorders occur when an individual is unable to easily and effectively convey a message or interact in conversation. Such problems, resulting from neurological conditions, developmental problems, trauma, or disease, seriously and negatively impact quality of life. Appropriate therapies for speech, language, and voice disorders for people of all ages, infant to adult, are derived through careful evaluation and consultation with patients, families, and caregivers.
DIAGNOSIS TYPES
- Stroke or cardiovascular arrhythmia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Brain tumors
- Neurological diseases
- Post-neurological surgery
- Muscle disease
- Craniofacial surgeries
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TREATMENT STRATEGIES
- Learning/relearning speech sounds
- Rate and fluency
- Vocal and respiratory control
- Vocabulary and sentence structure
- Reading comprehension
- Conversational skills
- Oral motor therapy for speech clarity, feeding, and swallowing skills
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