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Infants and children__ Infants with injuries due to complications at birth, feeding and swallowing difficulties, including dysphagia Children with mild, moderate or severe: Genetic disorders that adversely affect speech, language and/or cognitive development including cleft palate, Down syndrome, DiGeorge syndrome Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder[13][14] Autism,[15] including Asperger syndrome[16] Developmental delay Feeding disorders- including oral motor deficits Cranial nerve damage Hearing loss Craniofacial anomalies that adversely affect speech, language and/or cognitive development Language delay Specific language impairment Specific difficulties in producing sounds, called articulation disorders, (including vocalic /r/ and lisps) Pediatric traumatic brain injury Developmental verbal dyspraxia Some children are eligible to receive speech therapy services, including assessment and lessons through the public school system. If not, private therapy is readily available through personal lessons with a qualified Speech-Language Pathologist or the growing field of telepractice.[17] Teleconferencing tools such as Skype are being used more commonly as a means to access remote locations in private therapy practice, such as in the geographically diverse southern New Zealand. [18] More at-home or combination treatments have become readily available to address specific types of articulation disorders. The use of mobile applications in speech therapy is also growing as an avenue to bring treatment into the home. Children and adults__ Cerebral Palsy Head Injury (Traumatic brain injury) Hearing Loss and Impairments Learning Difficulties including Dyslexia[19][20] Specific Language Impairment (SLI) Auditory Processing Disorder[21] Physical Disabilities Speech Disorders (like Cluttering) Stammering, Stuttering (disfluency) Stroke Voice Disorders (dysphonia) Language Delay[22] Motor speech disorders (dysarthria or Developmental verbal dyspraxia) Naming difficulties (anomia) Dysgraphia, agraphia Cognitive communication disorders Pragmatics Laryngectomies Tracheostomies Oncology (Ear, nose or throat cancer) Adults__ Adults with mild, moderate, or severe eating, feeding and swallowing difficulties, including dysphagia Adults with mild, moderate, or severe language difficulties as a result of: Stroke Progressive neurological conditions Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Huntington's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neuron Diseases, Parkinson's disease, cancer of the head, neck and throat (including laryngectomy) mental health issues transgender voice therapy (usually for male-to-female individuals) |
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