Amazon purchases for your child’s speech development. 1. Chewy Tubes Price: Rs. 500- Rs. 750Chewy Tubes are tools that improve biting and chewing skills. Some kids with feeding difficulty present with oro-motor weakness. For this purpose, a chewy tube is used to improve the strength and range of motion of the jaw muscles (Masseter muscles). …
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Functional Writing Activities for Individuals with Aphasia Persons living with Aphasia have a difficult time communicating their daily needs. The role of an SLP is to expand the scope of functional communication between individuals with and without Aphasia. It can have a severe impact on a person’s ability to comprehend or express. SLPs have made …
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Adults Communication is what binds us in every sphere of our lives. The use of language and technology distinguishes human beings from animals. However, there are adverse events that steal our ability to express feelings and desires. By the same token, the need for technology, be it low tech or …
10 Ways to Support Children With Special Needs The first step is to pat yourself on the back. You are doing so well. Remember that’s this new for everyone, and we are all in the together. Living with children with disabilities is a challenge. It can get highly overwhelming to parents who continuously think about …
PROMPT- Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets Children with Childhood Apraxia Of Speech have difficulty planning and programming the movements of their tongue and jaw muscles. What is PROMPT Therapy? Speech is a complex activity; it requires the coordination of the brain and a hundred different muscles. A child faces difficulty coordinating oral movements …
Phonics Cards in Speech Therapy Children produce frequently heard sounds as and when they start babbling. This is one of their ways of exploring the building blocks of language. We can comfortably come to a preposition that; language acquisition occurs from infancy. By the age of 2, the child is bursting with vocabulary. They try …
Articulation Therapy : The ‘z’ sound Some people call ‘z’ the buzzing sound because it sounds like the bees buzzing. This sound is developed later than other sounds, around the age of 4. The child masters around the age of 8. Some children may have trouble producing this sound beyond eight years of age. It …
The Effects Of Screen-Time On Speech And Language Development Children have several speech and language milestones as they grow. Ages 2-5 are crucial for building vocabulary, learning social behaviours, promoting early literacy skills, and developing healthy communication patterns. Nowadays, due to the busy schedule of parents, children use gadgets often, up to three to four …
Online Intervention For Hearing Loss Hearing impairment or hearing loss refers to difficulty listening to conversational speech or loud sounds. Similarly, these factors vary from genetic to hearing loss due to old age. Hearing loss is caused by problems in the outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear. In the same vein, living with hearing …
Will dysarthria go away? This is one of the most common questions brought to speech-language pathologists. This article will give you knowledge about what causes dysarthria, how It can be treated and the treatment outcomes. For those who aren’t aware, Damage to the peripheral and central nervous system causes Dysarthria. Cerebrovascular accident (stroke), Amyotrophic lateral …