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Speech & Language Therapy

Speech-language therapy treats most children with speech and/or language disorders. A speech disorder is a problem producing sounds; a language disorder is difficulty understanding or putting words together to communicate ideas.

A speech-language therapist and a child working together at a small table with picture cards.

Language

When a person has trouble understanding others (receptive language) or sharing thoughts, ideas, and feelings (expressive language), they may have a language disorder. Language is made of socially shared rules, including what words mean, how to make new words, how to put words together, and which combinations fit a situation.

Pragmatic language

Speech-language pathologists also serve children with pragmatic language disorders — difficulties with social language such as eye contact, staying on topic, reading subtle cues, interpreting facial expression, understanding jokes or non-literal language, and relating to peers.

Speech

When a person cannot produce speech sounds correctly or fluently, or has problems with voice, they may have a speech disorder.

  • Articulation — how speech sounds are made (for example, producing “r” in “rabbit” rather than “wabbit”).
  • Voice — use of the vocal folds and breathing to produce sound. Overuse or misuse can lead to hoarseness or loss of voice.
  • Fluency — the rhythm of speech, including hesitations or stuttering.

Feeding and eating

Speech-language pathologists also treat feeding and eating disorders, including difficulty chewing and swallowing and difficulty tolerating a variety of age-appropriate foods.

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