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“Not knowing is not a mistake, but not willing to know is”
Speech Therapy is –
for people who can not hear (deaf as it is called)
for people who can not speak (generally known as dumb – the extreme)
for an hour every day or thrice a week
a table chair and confined to a room
making the person say aaa iii uuu
showing pictures of common items
will work if nothing else works
is possible at any time from the onset of the problem
correction of tongue, and voice box
Speech Therapist is –
for teaching sign language
for eternal care of individuals with Speech-Language Disorders
for treating stammering
for teaching muscle exercises to individuals with communication problems speak normally
Speech Therapist will –
make all the individual speak normally
use medicines and surgical approaches such that the individual will learn language
Well, either it is….
Less information
or
Wrong assumptions….
that is around.
There is more to it and the term Speech Therapy and Speech Therapist will be addressed as Speech-Language Therapy and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) respectively. There is a reason to it and it is convincing, if anyone wants to hear.
Prasanna Hegde
Speech and Swallow Specialist