Speech and language therapy covers the assessment and management of communication and swallowing disorders in both adults and children.
Our speech therapists support individuals presenting with:
Children acquire speech and language gradually through interaction with people and their environment. A child with a speech or language delay will still develop the usual pattern of skills but at a slower rate than other children of the same age. A speech or language disorder, however, may affect the typical pattern of development itself.
Speech impairment may present as difficulties in phonology, articulation, or motor planning, such as dyspraxia. These challenges may be associated with conditions including cerebral palsy, head injury, cleft lip and palate, hearing impairment, or Down syndrome.
Stuttering is a speech coordination problem where there is interruption to the fluency of speech. The flow of speech may be interrupted by the repetition of words or part of words, interjections, or involuntary silent pauses or blocks.
These speech disruptions may be accompanied by secondary behaviour, such as word substitution, eye blinking, grunting, facial contortions and other bodily movements.
Such speech impediments can interfere with a person’s communication ability and affect their quality of life.
Your child may be experiencing communication difficulties if he or she:
Childhood apraxia of speech is a speech disorder in which a child's brain has difficulty coordinating the movements needed when speaking.
Children with CAS may have:
If CAS is diagnosed, treatment often involves teaching children to practice the correct way to say sounds, words and phrases with the help of a speech therapist.
Communication difficulties may arise from a range of conditions, such as:
Communication impairments in the adult population include:
Adults with language impairment face difficulty understanding what others are saying to them or finding the right words to express their needs, thoughts and feelings.
They may also experience difficulties with reading or writing.
A speech disorder is an impairment in the articulation or coordination of speech sounds. This may result in unclear or slurred speech.
Voice disorders develop from the overuse or misuse of the voice, changes during puberty, paresis of the vocal cords or other medical conditions.
Patients with voice problems may present with a hoarse or rough/breathy/raspy voice, a chronically dry and scratchy throat, an inability to control loudness or experience periods of voice loss.
Types of voice disorders include:
People with dysphagia have difficulty moving food or liquid safely from the mouth to the stomach. This makes it hard for them to consume enough calories and fluids to stay healthy and maintain an ideal weight.
Dysphagia can lead to many serious medical conditions such as malnutrition, dehydration and aspiration pneumonia.
Swallowing difficulties may be a result of:
Signs and symptoms of dysphagia include:
To learn more about how speech therapy may help your condition, speak to one of our therapists at any of our locations.
Parkway East Hospital is the preferred private hospital for residents in the eastern coast of Singapore for quality rehabilitation services.
Our rehabilitation therapists apply their expertise in speech therapy to help our patients with speech disorders communicate effectively.
Adult and young patients can expect personalised care close to home from our dedicated medical staff during their therapy journey to recovery.
Our team of speech-language therapists is experienced in helping a wide spectrum of patients with various speech-language conditions.
After a stroke at 35, Tracy Ong began a long road to recovery — relearning how to move, speak and live independently, one step and one day at a time.
From speech impairments to difficulties with swallowing, here's a closer look at how a speech therapist helps patients.
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