Effect of face mask on voice production during COVID-19 pandemic Usage Ever wondered if wearing a mask has any effect on your voice production and communication in general? Read more to find out what researchers Amanda Shekaraiah Sheela and Suresh Kiran have found…… Read the article published in the Journal of Voice Early 2020 saw …
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Voice Therapy in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guidelines for Clinical Practice Voice Therapy in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guidelines for Clinical PracticeMoreThe As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, health services have had to face a new scenario regarding patient care. The rapid advance of the virus and the large number …
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Special needs parenting in India Parenting a child with a special needs, whether it’s a physical disability, a learning disability, an emotional challenge, or a developmental disorder, can necessitate the acquisition of specific skills, such as care giving or advocacy, as well as time and energy commitment that can jeopardize careers, marriages, and relationships with …
Introduction This blog is about what is oral placement therapy? What is the need for OPT? What does OPT entail? Some more queries related to OPT. Before we jump into it, let’s get some background information. The world is moving forward and advancing so, is our field of speech and hearing. Speech therapist targets lots …
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 …
Cleft Lip and Palate Cleft is a common “craniofacial” anomaly. It is congenital, meaning babies are born with a cleft. Further, it is estimated that 1 in 1,000 babies are born with a cleft each year. Cleft can be present either as cleft lip or palate or a combination of both. Further, there are many …
Articulation Therapy: Teaching /R/ blends The /r/ speech sound is one of the late sounds that develop in children. Children usually acquire the /r/ blends by 8-9 years of age. Often, children with speech sound disorders have difficulty in producing the sound correctly. The /r/ sound alone can be a difficult sound to learn, let …
Multi-Disciplinary team of professionals involved in rehabilitation of ASD The presence of ASD in a person points at neurological differences which make appropriate social behaviour and interaction difficult. However, there is no one-size-fits-all treatment for PwASD. Hence, rehabilitation measures are delivered by a multi-disciplinary team of professionals. Most often, the aim of rehabilitation is to …
Speech Therapy Activities to Teach Questions A child’s brain is a bubble of curiosity. It is the why’s, what’s, and how’s that enable them to think. Each question is categorized based on confirmation, choice, hypotheticality and so on. It is the very nature and complexity of a question that a child must understand in order …