Neurogenic stuttering is an acquired fluency disorder that emerges after damage to the brain. It is linked to neurological events such as strokes, head injuries, or progressive diseases that interfere with the normal control of speech. Unlike developmental stuttering, where there is no confirmed cause, neurogenic stuttering is tied to specific structural or functional changes in the nervous system.
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Apraxia of speech involves inconsistent errors and difficulty coordinating the precise movements needed for speaking, even when the person knows exactly what they want to say. On the other hand, misarticulation leads to predictable, repeated mistakes in producing specific sounds. These differences matter because they require distinct approaches to assessment and therapy.
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) disrupts the brain’s normal function due to a sudden external force, often caused by accidents, falls, sports injuries, or assaults. Depending on the severity, TBI can range from a mild concussion to long-term impairment or coma. One of the most profound yet often overlooked consequences of TBI is its impact on speech and communication.
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Neurological voice disorders are voice disorders that are caused due to any damage in the nervous system. This may affect the pitch, quality, volume of the voice and may also result in an increase in the vocal effort to produce speech. These disorders not only reduce a person’s ability to speak clearly but can also significantly affect their quality of life, self-esteem, and social interaction.
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Definition Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and typically progressive autoimmune disease where damage to nerve cell sheaths occurs in
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Cancer is defined as a genetic disease whereby uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body occurs, which may spread to other parts of the body. This piece is a contribution to the series investigating neurodegenerative conditions from the perspective and scope of a Speech-Language Pathologist, with a look at brain, neck, and head cancer.
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Parkinsonism, is used as a general term referring to a set of neurological disorders that cause movement problems similar to those seen in Parkinson’s disease such as tremors, slow movement and stiffness. Parkinson’s disease is the most common cause of parkinsonism.
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May is Speech and Hearing Month, which aims to bring more attention to communication, speech and language difficulties as well as the work that speech-language pathologists and audiologists do to support others in these areas. Speech therapists often need to work with clients who are not able to communicate well with them due to hearing difficulties or cognitive difficulties.
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A person with a learning disability will have difficulties in understanding information, processing information and also in giving an adequate response to the information. This article seeks to explain the different types of learning disabilities found in adults.
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There is often confusion surrounding the concepts of cognitive decline, with the terms Dementia and Alzheimer’s frequently being used incorrectly. This piece serves as a contribution to the series investigating neurodegenerative conditions from the perspective and scope of a Speech-Language Pathologist.
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Brief overview of neurodegenerative conditions. It is part of a series that will investigate specific neurodegenerative conditions in greater detail.
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Professional voice users are people whose voice is essential for their jobs. Professional voice users include singers, teachers, speech language pathologists, actors, broadcast personalities, clergy and salespeople. Unlike other professionals who can do certain modifications to not use their voice and function adequately, professional voice users need to use their voice to perform their job requirements.
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Recently aphasia has been brought into the limelight since Bruce Willis’s diagnosis with aphasia. Thousands of people are diagnosed every year with aphasia, though now more people are researching and learning about this disorder. So, what actually is Aphasia? Aphasia is a communication disorder that some people develop due to stroke, brain injury, brain tumor and sometimes dementia.
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Have you ever felt like you knew what you wanted to say but just couldn’t find the words, or it felt as though the word was on the ‘tip of your tongue’, (scientifically called a tip of the tongue (TOT) phenomena), but you just couldn’t find it? Every now and again we all experience this to some extent.
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Dyslexia is described as a difficulty to read words and numbers and associate them with the speech. The ability to read alphabet sequences to read a word is called phoneme grapheme correspondence. For a person with dyslexia, the phoneme-grapheme correspondence is usually affected. This is one of the reasons that results in difficulties in reading and writing.
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There is a broad range of communication impairments that can occur as a result of a concussion which may last long-term such as with Post-Concussion Syndrome. Challenges with cognitive skills such as attention, memory, organization, reasoning and executive function all impact your communication.
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Aphasia is a disorder where the person faces difficulties in communication. It might affect understanding, speaking or both and might also cause difficulties in reading and writing. Aphasia usually occurs in adults but there are also chances of children developing aphasia as a result of brain injury.
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Motor speech disorders are a class of disorders where there is weakness or incoordination of the muscles that are required for speech due to a neurological damage. The signals sent by the brain are not transmitted adequately or appropriately to the muscles.
“…incoordination of the
muscles that are required for speech due to a neurological damage.”
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Are you sometimes talking and all of a sudden you blank because the word you are trying to use just isn’t coming to mind? Well, this is something we call word finding or word retrieval. Having difficulties finding words is something that happens to everyone at some point or another.
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Muscle tension dysphonia can occur in both men and women and is usually caused by abuse or misuse of the voice. Muscles can become tight and this makes it difficult for the individual to use their voice efficiently.
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While an intersection of a client’s hearing level with their familiarity with English may make effective therapy sessions seem out of reach, as communication experts, we return to the main intention of communication—to understand and be understood.
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We often work with people who know that they have trouble with certain sounds, but who say they don’t hear the difference between their version and the “correct” version. How can they learn to say what they can’t even hear? We often work with people who know that they have trouble with certain sounds, but who say they don’t hear the difference between their version and the “correct” version. How can they learn to say what they can’t even hear?
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For many people with aphasia, there is some evidence that communication partner training can increase the effectiveness of their interactions with their loved ones, even though this type of therapy does not directly impact their ability to produce sounds, words or sentences.
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