Speech Therapy
WHAT IS SPEECH DISORDER ?
Speech is a physical production of sounds (consonants and vowels). These sounds are produced in sequence to create words. production of speech sounds involves the muscles, nerves, and brain working together to plan and execute movement of the tongue, lips, palate and jaw.
Speech disorder displays difficulty or an inability to produce speech sounds correctly or fluently or with the quality of voice, which makes the speech difficult for the listener to understand. Speech disorder is an umbrella term for any of the following:
1. Articulation: speech impairment where a person produces speech sounds incorrectly due to poor coordination of articulators. (eg; Misarticulation / Mispronunciation , lisping)
2. Fluency: where smooth and forward flow of speech is disrupted by syllables, words, or phrase that are repeated, prolonged, or avoided, and where there may be silent blocks or inappropriate inhalation or exhalation or phonation pattern. (eg; stuttering/Stammering ,cluttering)
3. Voice: Voice is a sound produced by the vibration of the vocal folds in the larynx. Voice disorder can be defined as a problem involving abnormal pitch, loudness and quality with respect to age and gender. (eg; Hoarseness, Puberphonia, Hypernasality or Hyponasality, Aphonia.
