Speech Disorders
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Concepts
Concepts are important for learning and socializing. Children begin learning easy concepts around age two or three and know most of them by the time they enter first grade.
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If you want your child to say more, ask better questions!
You ask aquestion and your child gives you a one word, short answer. It can be frustrating because you want DETAILS. Learn to ask the questions that will help make your child give longer answers.
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Dining Rooms
Dining room eating is more important than we think, especially for our family members with communication impairments. Sitting and eating at a table with them at meal time may help them speak more.
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Hippotherapy
Hippotherapy has nothing to do with talking to hippos to see what is eating them. It does have everything to do with the benefits of horseback riding as a therapy technique for gross motor, fine motor and communication skills. Read on for more information....
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Oral mechanism examinations are important!
An oral mechanism examination involves looking at the structure and function of parts of the mouth/head to see if something is physically causing the problems a person has communicating.
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When older siblings talk for their younger siblings....
Babies and young children often times do not get a chance to speak because other people, including other brothers and sisters, often vocalize what the young child wants. This is actually inhibiting the young child's ability to learn to speak.
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Past tense verbs
Errors with past tense verbs can stand out like a sore thumb. If your child has ever "goed" to grandma's or "drinked" juice, you may want to read this article.
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Oral Motor Exercises for Children 3+: Solving Eating Problems & Speech Production
Sometimes muscles in the lips, face and tongue are not strong enough or do not move the way they should. Exercises can be done to help them move better. Most of what I have written is directed toward children, but there is no reason it can't be used with those of us who are young at heart after a mild stroke, etc. These are easy and fun!
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Understanding Telegraphic Speech
Many people who speak sound as if they are using baby talk, however, because of certain circumstances they can only communicate ideas through telegraphic speech. What is telegraphic speech and what does it mean?
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Pronouns Errors in Young Children
Pronoun development is important. At what ages are certain pronouns expected to be used by children? Read on and find out....
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Sentence Length in Young Children
Sentence length must increase as a child ages. Concern arises when children do not begin using more and more words as they mature. Here is a simple rule of thumb approach I give to the parents I work with.
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How can I make my child smarter?
Parents want their children to be as bright as they can be. We want our children to do better all the time. We can help them become more successful in their thinking and language skills which help them at school.
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MAY IS BETTER SPEECH AND HEARING MONTH
Speech/language pathologists and audiologists are an invaluable tool to you in so many different ways.
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Ear infection treatments
There are only a few options for treating ear infections. Without treatment, children have pain and more problems can arise.
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Ways to help prevent ear infections
Ear infections, or otitus media, is painful. There are two keys things to remember in preventing your child from getting one. Read on.....
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What do they do when someone has a cleft palate or lip?
Management of the cleft depends on many different factors. A team of specialists usually work with the family to decide what is the best. When you have a cleft eating, talking and socializing are difficult. What three management types are most common in addressing these issues? Read to find out.....
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How does someone get a cleft palate or lip?
Cleft lip and palate occur as a birth defect that takes place during the earliest stages of pregnancy- even before some women know they are pregnant. Find out what might cause a cleft lip or palate or both in this article.
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Communication Books
Communication books are necessary for many suffering with disorders that make it difficult for them to verbalize and can be made in many different ways: big, small, few pictures or many. It does not matter how easy it is to use because without the support from family and friends, most patients won't use theirs.
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Therapy Techniques For Apraxia: Visual, Tactile, and Auditory Feedback
It is very important to utilize the five senses when doing therapy with someone suffering with the frustrating disorder of Apraxia. Here are some basic techniques therapists often rely on.
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Sign Language Sytems
Believe it or not, there is more than one kind of sign language! Which one to use? It depends upon what you need/want.
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Apraxia can be very frustrating for everyone!
Apraxia is a neurological disorder that affects many people's speech. They are unable to physically get their mouths to make the sounds or words they are thinking. They know others are not understanding them and everyone gets frustrated!
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Language "Deviances/Delays" vs Language "Differences"
Not all language and speech "errors" are "errors". Sometimes people, because of their social/cultural, dialectal or ethnic background, may seem to have big problems speaking. This is not always the case. Data has been collected for many different ethnicities and some of these "problems" are really normal to them as they learn to use the English language more proficiently. Hence, they are labeled differences and not delays.
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Do I have to clean my voice to practice good vocal hygeine?
What do you need to know to keep a clear, pleasant sounding voice? Keep it clean, of course!! Here I'll tell you how.... or at least what is not good for your voice.
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Vocal abuse
Everyday we use our voice to communicate and it tells alot about us. What causes it to sometimes sound rough and gruff and hoarse? Come inside and see...............
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Speech therapy after strokes is crucial!!
Different types of strokes do happen. They range in severity and place they occur in the brain. Intensive speech therapy can aid recovery of skills as can that wonderful "side effect" called spontaneous recovery! Read my three points to help you cope with stroke as a member of the patient's family........
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Stroke Happens
Strokes are devestating! They affect a person's ability to move, think and communicate. What is a stroke you say? Read on!
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Help And Hope For Those With Hearing Loss
There are many different kinds of interventions and resources available to those who suffer hearing loss these days. We live in a good time... we have technology on our side. We also need to be wise shoppers.
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Who is at-risk for a hearing loss?
There are different degrees of hearing loss. Some are mild and some are very severe such as deafness. What are the causes? There are two main types which will be discussed here. Genetics vs acquired hearing loss. What does this mean? Read on.........
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How to "talk" to the hard of hearing
Everyone has at one time or another tried to communicate with someone who was hard of hearing or deaf whether they wore a hearing aid or not. This article presents brief points to keep in mind to make the most out your next interaction with a person with hearing difficulties.
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Phonological Errors Easily (Hopefully) Explained
Phonological process errors are different than articulation errors, but how? There are many different types but don't let the fancy term intimidate you. They are relatively easy to fix, however. Usually this affects children who are quite young because they have not yet learned the "rules" for making sounds.
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Swallowing Problems
Dysphagia or swallowing difficulties can adversely affect your life especially socially and psychologically. There are many types of difficulties and treatment options available.
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My young child stutters; is this normal??
This article will tell you that some stuttering is expected in young children- what is normal and when one should seek help from qualified professionals.
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Speech Sound Aquisition in Young Children
An informational article containing sounds children usually are able to make at certain ages during their development and what to do if they are not.
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MAY IS BETTER SPEECH AND HEARING MONTH
Speech/language pathologists and audiologists are an invaluable tool and resource for you to utilize.
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