Speech Pathology
Speech Pathology is the study and treatment of human communication and its disorders. These include difficulties with speaking, listening, understanding language, social skills, reading, stuttering and using voice and many more. Main following disorders of speech-language pathology are Speech Disorders, Language Disorders, Social Communication Disorders, Cognitive Communication Disorders, and Swallowing Disorders. Speech is the verbal means of communication, which consists of Articulation (How speech sounds are made), Voice (The use of breathing and vocal cords to produce sounds), Fluency (The rhythm of speech). Speech and language disorders are often a result of medical conditions, such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Dementia, Huntington’s Disease, Multiple sclerosis (MS), Laryngeal and oral cancers, Right hemisphere brain injury, Stroke, Traumatic brain injury.
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