An Introduction To Speech Therapy Tucson

By Coleen Torres


A recent health conference expressed concern that most children have speaking and language problems. Speech Therapy Tucson, also known as Speech Language Pathology, is the solution for these issues. It offers assessment, habilitation and rehabilitation, counseling, and prevention services for any young or old person who have verbal communication problems.

Professionals who solve verbal communication or language problems are called speech-language therapists or clinicians. They treat talking, language, and communication problems that are present in people of all ages. In doing this, they help people become independent communicators who no longer require aid from others by improving speaking, gesture, and communication.

In educational environments like primary, secondary, elementary, secondary, public or private schools, and colleges or universities; full services from therapists are provided through institutions provided by the respective authorities. Governments in almost all locations have created health care centers that provide treatment to people who suffer from verbal communication and language problems. Most governments worldwide are actively trying to overcome their speech and language problems, which are present mostly in children.

A verbal communication disorder refers to the problem with the actual production of sounds, while a language disorder refers to difficulties in understanding and putting words together to communicate feelings, ideas and thoughts. Verbal communication or language disorders involve problems of recognition (the process of getting information) and voice. Additionally to development and social issues, some people may develop this problem after a cerebrovascular accident.

Articulation is also a disorder where problems arise during the production of sounds. Resonance or voice disorders are also verbal communication problems involving the pitch, volume, or quality of a voice. Dysphasia is where people experience difficulties during eating and swallowing. Although not obviously involving direct talking, dysphasia is also considered a verbal communication problem.

Phonological disorders may be present in children when they mistakenly verbalize words, such as mistakenly saying "wa-wa" instead of the word "water". This problem is caused due to the presence of sound errors that results from speech development. This is due to the fact that young children do not have ability to use of their lips, tongue, teeth, and jaws at a same time during verbal communication.

Some children have phonological disorder. For example, children might say "nana" for the word "banana". Phonological process or disorders are types of patterns of sound errors that are typically developed by children whenever they try to talk. This problem is caused because the children don't have the ability to use their lips, tongues, teeth, and jaws for clear verbal communication. Another example of this is that they may say "pane" for the word "plane". This is caused because they reduce or delete some letters in the alphabets that are difficult to say. There are many other different patterns of simplifications or phonological processes on top of this.

Many types of related therapy games can be found out there to treat verbal communication problems, due to the fact that these issues are mostly found in young children. The guardians of children with communication problems often worry about how they could use this process to help their children. Verbal communication problems have long been existing and treated, so it is wise for these parents to take their children to a speech therapist who can properly assess and treat them.




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