Speech Disorders
A collection of 21 posts
![A woman with Palilalia in front of a wall whilst holding books](/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/unlocking-palilalia.jpg)
Unlocking Palilalia: Understanding Symptoms, Causes, and Examples
What is Palilalia? Palilalia is a speech disorder characterized by the repetition of words or phrases, often involuntarily and delayed,...
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National Alzheimer’s Month: Value of Speech Therapy to Manage the Disease
November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, hosted by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, and it is the ideal...
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September 21 is World Alzheimer’s Day: Speech Therapists Work to Help Slow Impact of the Disease
September 21 marks World Alzheimer’s Day, an opportunity to educate and learn about the disease – and how providers such...
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5-Year-Old Speech Milestones
During the early elementary school years, children’s language and speech skills develop at an exponential rate. At this age,...
![a child learning how to pronounce the shh sound](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/shhhgreatspeech.jpg)
Teaching ‘Sh’ Words with Speech Therapy
As children grow and develop their speech and language skills, it is normal and common for them to struggle to...
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Learning Multisyllabic Words with Speech Therapy
Multisyllabic words can pose a great challenge to anyone who may be struggling with their speech and language skills. Once...
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What is PROMPT Therapy?
PROMPT therapy is a unique holistic tactile/kinesthetic approach to speech therapy. Therapists use touch cues on the lips, jaws,...
![woman with Orofacial-Myofunctional-Disorder on her laptop at home](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/What-is-Orofacial-Myofunctional-Disorder.jpg)
What is Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder?
Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder, or OMD, refers to abnormal, adaptive patterns that develop in the place of typical patterns within the...
![a man with an accent suffering voice recognition frustration](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/SpeechRecognitionVoiceFrustration.png)
Speech Recognition Frustration and Communication Skills
With speech and voice recognition software like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa becoming a larger part of our...
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Types of Lisp Speech Disorders
Lisps, also referred to as Functional Speech Disorders or FMD’s, are amongst the most commonly identified and widely recognized...
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Speech Therapy and Activities for the TH Sound
As your toddler begins forming sounds into words and phrases over time, you may experience enormous moments of joy for...
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How to Tell If Your Child Has an Articulation Disorder
Nearly 1 in 12 American children have a disorder which relates to their voice, speech, or language. A large proportion...