Adult speech therapy
Aphasia
Aphasia is a term used for language deficits due to a neurological cause. Aphasia can cause difficulty with the comprehension and/or use of language in any of the following language modalities: spoken, written, and non-verbal skills. Common causes include stroke, traumatic brain injury or brain tumours.
Dysarthria
Dysarthria is a speech disorder mainly caused by muscle weakness in the body-parts needed for speech production which results in a reduction in the clarity and intelligibility of speech. Dysarthria can impact on all aspects of speech production including respiration, phonation, articulation, resonance and prosody.
Apraxia
Apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder which results in difficulty with putting the right sounds together to make intelligible speech.
Dysphagia
Dysphagia is a broad term used to describe feeding and swallowing disorders. It refers to a disruption in the process of getting food and liquid from the mouth to the esophagus safely and completely. Signs of dysphagia include coughing or choking when eating or drinking, a wet vocal quality after swallowing or even difficulty chewing or moving food around in the mouth.
Voice
A voice disorder is a perceived disruption in the quality, pitch and/or loudness of the voice.
Stuttering
Stuttering is a disruption in the natural flow of speech production characterised by inappropriate pauses, sound or word repetitions as well as sound distortions when speaking.