Audiology / Speech Therapy

Audiology deals in identifying and evaluating hearing disorders that are associated with adults, children or infants. The Audiology Department  offers diagnostic evaluations to people having speech, hearing, language, and communication difficulties.Audiology combines medical science with the best available technology to come up with concrete solutions to hearing or balance disorders. People who practice audiology are called audiologists. Audiologists are accountable for managing and recuperation of disorders linked to hearing as well as balance. Speech therapy is an intervention service that focuses on improving a child's speech and abilities to understand and express language, including nonverbal language. We provide speech therapists, or speech and language pathologists (SLPs), are the professionals who provide these services. It's wise to intervene quickly. An evaluation by a certified speech-language pathologist can help find out if you or your loved one is having problems. Speech-language therapy is the treatment for most people with speech and/or language disorders. Speech disorders include:

1. Articulation disorders: difficulties producing sounds in syllables or saying words incorrectly to the point that listeners can't understand what's being said.
2. Fluency disorders: problems such as stuttering, in which the flow of speech is interrupted by abnormal stoppages, partial-word repetitions ("b-b-boy"), or prolonging sounds and syllables (sssssnake).
3. Resonance or voice disorders: problems with the pitch, volume, or quality of the voice that distract listeners from what's being said. These types of disorders may also cause pain or discomfort for a child when speaking.

1. Receptive disorders: difficulties understanding or processing language.
2. Expressive disorders: difficulty putting words together, limited vocabulary, or inability to use language in a socially appropriate way.
3. Cognitive-communication disorders: difficulty with communication skills that involve memory, attention, perception, organization, regulation, and problem solving.

• Language intervention activities: The SLP will interact with a child by playing and talking, using pictures, books, objects, or ongoing events to stimulate language development. The therapist may also model correct vocabulary and grammar and use repetition exercises to build language skills.
• Articulation therapy: Articulation, or sound production, exercises involve having the therapist model correct sounds and syllables in words and sentences for a child, often during play activities. The level of play is age-appropriate and related to the child's specific needs. The SLP will physically show the child how to make certain sounds, such as the "r" sound, and may demonstrate how to move the tongue to produce specific sounds.
• Oral-motor/feeding and swallowing therapy: The SLP may use a variety of oral exercises — including facial massage and various tongue, lip, and jaw exercises — to strengthen the muscles of the mouth for eating, drinking, and swallowing. The SLP may also introduce different food textures and temperatures to increase a child's oral awareness during eating and swallowing.

Audiology deals in identifying and evaluating hearing disorders that are associated with adults, children or infants. The Audiology Department  offers diagnostic evaluations to people having speech, hearing, language, and communication difficulties.Audiology combines medical science with the best available technology to come up with concrete solutions to hearing or balance disorders. People who practice audiology are called audiologists. Audiologists are accountable for managing and recuperation of disorders linked to hearing as well as balance.

Speech therapy is an intervention service that focuses on improving a child’s speech and abilities to understand and express language, including nonverbal language. We provide speech therapists, or speech and language pathologists (SLPs), are the professionals who provide these services.

It’s wise to intervene quickly. An evaluation by a certified speech-language pathologist can help find out if you or your loved one is having problems. Speech-language therapy is the treatment for most people with speech and/or language disorders.

Speech disorders include:

1. Articulation disorders: difficulties producing sounds in syllables or saying words incorrectly to the point that listeners can’t understand what’s being said.
2. Fluency disorders: problems such as stuttering, in which the flow of speech is interrupted by abnormal stoppages, partial-word repetitions (“b-b-boy”), or prolonging sounds and syllables (sssssnake).
3. Resonance or voice disorders: problems with the pitch, volume, or quality of the voice that distract listeners from what’s being said. These types of disorders may also cause pain or discomfort for a child when speaking.

Language disorders can be either receptive or expressive:

1. Receptive disorders: difficulties understanding or processing language.
2. Expressive disorders: difficulty putting words together, limited vocabulary, or inability to use language in a socially appropriate way.
3. Cognitive-communication disorders: difficulty with communication skills that involve memory, attention, perception, organization, regulation, and problem solving.

Therapists use a variety of strategies, including:

• Language intervention activities: The SLP will interact with a child by playing and talking, using pictures, books, objects, or ongoing events to stimulate language development. The therapist may also model correct vocabulary and grammar and use repetition exercises to build language skills.
• Articulation therapy: Articulation, or sound production, exercises involve having the therapist model correct sounds and syllables in words and sentences for a child, often during play activities. The level of play is age-appropriate and related to the child’s specific needs. The SLP will physically show the child how to make certain sounds, such as the “r” sound, and may demonstrate how to move the tongue to produce specific sounds.
• Oral-motor/feeding and swallowing therapy: The SLP may use a variety of oral exercises — including facial massage and various tongue, lip, and jaw exercises — to strengthen the muscles of the mouth for eating, drinking, and swallowing. The SLP may also introduce different food textures and temperatures to increase a child’s oral awareness during eating and swallowing.

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