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Tongue
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Articulation |
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Tongue thrust is a common name
used to describe orofacial muscular imbalance. It has also been called
reverse swallow or immature swallow. Nearly all infants swallow by
pushing the tongue forward. By the time they reach the age of six,
most children have automatically changed to a normal swallowing pattern.
There are a variety of symptoms to look for if you suspect a tongue
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Impaired or fluctuating hearing
due to frequent ear infections, prolonged or recurring illnesses
interfering with sound play or child-parent interaction, and impaired
oral-motor coordination are examples of factors which may contribute
to a delay in speech sound mastery. Quite often we cannot identify
any factors in a childs background that might account for delayed
articulation skills, yet a delay is present. |
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Language Delays & Disorders |
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Developmental
Apraxia |
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A detailed description of the services
we offer to help address language delays and disorders is coming
soon! Check back. |
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Developmental apraxia of speech
(DAS) is a motor speech disorder that affects a child’s ability
to plan and sequence speech sounds for clear and intelligible speech.
It
has
also been
called
Developmental Verbal Apraxia, Dyspraxia, Verbal Apraxia, and Articulatory
Apraxia. Children with DAS have difficulty preparing and coordinating
their muscles for speech production.
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Oral Motor & Feeding |
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Dyslexia |
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A detailed description of our oral
motor and feeding services is coming soon! Check back. |
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If your child has difficulty reading
and you suspect he or she may be dyslexic, the Hearing, Speech & Deafness
Center offers a number individualized programs that can help identify
the
problem
and provide
solutions. |
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Fluency & Stuttering |
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Autism |
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Fluent speech is smooth, forward-moving,
unhesitant and effortless. A "dysfluency" is any break
in fluent speech. Dysfluency types range from very mild (saying "um")
to more severe (prolonging a sound, as in "sssssssnack"). "Stuttering" is
speech that has dysfluencies that are more severe and/or more frequent
than is considered average. |
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If you are concerned that your
child may have autism, or if your child has already been diagnosed
with the disease, our speech-language pathologists can help. |
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Summer Literacy Program! |
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The Hearing, Speech & Deafness
Center now offers a summer literacy program for children! Our program
is specially targeted toward children who have speech and language
delays, since studies show these children have a significantly greater
risk (75%) of encountering difficulties when learning to read. Our
Early Literacy Program for children ages four to five will help your
child enter kindergarten ready to learn basic reading-related skills. |
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