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> Centers & Services > Speech Language Pathology
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The Speech Pathology services include:
- Testing and diagnosing communication disorders in infants, children and adults. Services for children available locations, except main campus.
- Working with adults and children who need speech-language services
- Selecting and implementing augmentative and alternative communication devices
Speech Pathologists assess the extent of communication disorders and recommend the appropriate treatment for clients with:
- Aphasia - A language impairment following injury to the brain. It affects comprehension, expression, reading and writing.
- Dysarthria - Slurred speech due to weakened oral musculature
- Dysphonia - Hoarse voice due to misuse of the vocal cords
- Dysfluency - Stuttering
- Dysphagia - Difficulty swallowing.
- Delayed speech or oral language development in children
- Cleft lip/palate, craniofacial abnormalities and other diseases/traumas affecting the facial parts necessary for speaking
- Voice impairments or loss
- Learning disabilities or communication disorders as a result of being mentally challenged
- Deaf or hard of hearing
Common medical conditions that cause speech, language or swallowing disorders:
- CVA (stroke)
- TBI (traumatic brain injury)
- Parkinson's disease
- Alzheimer's disease
- Vocal nodules
- Laryngectomy
- Head and neck cancer
- Autism
- Cerebral palsy
- Brain tumors
- Multiple Sclerosis
Date Updated: 23-JUL-2007 |  |
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