Speech and language disorders are well known as a medical
issue that affects the oral system which leads to difficulty in communication
for an individual. It thus affects the way an individual create sound and
pronounce words.
Speech and language disorder isn’t just found among children
but can as well be seen among adults or senior who failed to deal with the
pathologic condition at the early stage. There are several reasons for speech
and language disorders, but the most common are stuttering, apraxia, and
dysarthria.
Other causes of speech disorder are vocal cord damage, brain
damage, vocal cord paralysis, nodules on the vocal cord, and all this affects
the vocal cords, muscles, nerves and some other structures within the throat
that helps in the formation of speech.
Apart from the causes listed above, there are some who have
this issue based on their developmental condition such as autism, oral cancer,
dementia, and laryngeal cancer to mention a few.
What are the symptoms
of speech and language disorder?
The symptoms of speech and language disorder defer and
that’s based on the cause of the disease. It merely means that the symptoms you
are likely to see with damages to the vocal cord will be different from that
caused by the developmental condition.
However, the typical symptoms experienced by those with
speech and language disorders are elongating words, repeating sound and word,
distorting sound when talking, difficulty in communication, taking frequent
pauses when talking and difficulty in expressing oneself.
What can be done with
speech and language disorder?
This is exactly where speech and
language therapist comes in. It offers life-changing
treatment and support for children and adults who have difficulties with speech
and communication, eating, drinking and swallowing.
Speech therapists are also known as speech pathologists,
Orthophonistes and Logopedics. These therapists are Allied Health Professionals.
And of course, they are also in the beautiful city of Dubai. However, Dubai is
one of the few cities in the world that offer quality speech therapy for
children and adults alike. These professionals provide adequate care for
patients of all ages. They work collaboratively with parents, caregivers and
other professionals, which could be teachers, nurses, babysitters, occupational
therapists, psychologists and a few others.
One of the centers you can easily find help is the Talking
Brains Center which was established by Mrs. Ghafary who is a full-time
speech and language therapist and neuropsychologist. She has garnered
experience in this field for 18 years and still dedicated to serving the
community, which entails helping people with speech disorders and finding
better ways to improve the patients. She is further specialized in swallowing
disorders and elaborates the Arabic Memory Test for screening Alzheimer’s
disease in early stage.
These Dubai-based therapists provide children, adolescents,
adults, and seniors, also their parents and caregivers all the psychological,
educational and physical help they need during the speech therapy services.
Their single and utmost goal is to prevent, screen, and diagnose symptoms for
speech deficiencies, and provide support for the patients to have positive
development, and help them through their stages of treatments.
In conclusion, you should ensure you have a close
relationship with your doctor if you or any of your kids have medical
conditions related to speech and language disorders.
