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What we treat

Birmingham SLT can help a variety of individuals who are experiencing difficulties with their speech, language, communication or swallowing. Birmingham SLT's specialist speech and language therapists are experienced in treating both adults and children who are experiencing difficulties with their speech, language, communication or swallowing.

Birmingham SLT can offer speech and language therapy services to:

Adults

Our speech and language therapists at Leeds SLT can help a number of adults with speech, language, communication or swallowing difficulties, including:

Neurological disorders

A neurological disorder occurs when an individual experiences damage to their nervous system. The nervous system is made up of the brain, nerves throughout the body and the spinal cord. The damage that occurs with a neurological disorder can be caused by strokes, head injury or dementia. Neurological disorders can affect an individual's ability to understand and express language, communicate and swallow safely and efficiently. Speech and language therapy can help an individual with a neurological disorder with any speech, language, communication or swallowing difficulties they may have.

Speech disorders

A speech disorder is where an individual finds producing speech sounds challenging. Speech disorders can include difficulties with articulation or phonology. Articulation difficulties occur when the individual struggles with the fast movements of the tongue, lips and palate (articulators) during speech. A phonological disorder occurs when the individual finds organising speech sounds challenging. Birmingham SLT have a variety of speech and language therapy services that can help an individual with a speech disorder.

Voice disorders

A voice disorder occurs when an individual experiences a change in the pitch, quality or volume of their voice. There are different severities of voice disorders. Mild voice disorders can include temporary hoarseness or weak voice to more severe cases, where an individual may lose their voice completely. Some voice disorders include vocal fold polyps or vocal fold nodules. Speech and language therapy at Birmingham SLT can be extremely beneficial for an individual who is experiencing a voice disorder.

Learning disabilities

Learning disabilities is a lifelong condition which can affect an individual's ability to carry out everyday tasks and also a reduced intelligibility. An individual with a learning disability may experience learning new or complex information challenging. Learning difficulties can affect the individual's speech, language, communication or swallowing abilities. Speech and Language Therapy at Birmingham SLT can greatly help the individual and those who support them.

Eating drinking and swallowing disorders

Eating drinking and swallowing disorders affect an individual's ability to eat, drink and swallow comfortably and safely. The individual may experience discomfort, pain or difficulty to swallow efficiently. Eating, drinking and swallowing disorders may cause aspiration (food or drink entering the airway), and therefore it is essential to seek specialist advice from a speech and language therapist. Birmingham SLT can provide an individual with an eating, drinking and swallowing difficulty with speech and language therapy to help improve their swallowing.

Hearing impairment and loss

Hearing impairments or loss are when an individual's hearing abilities are reduced due to a change in structure or function of the ear. The different types of hearing loss include congenital, sensorineural or mixed hearing loss. Hearing impairments or loss can occur due to aging, exposures to noise, infections, disease or congenital conditions. Speech and language therapy at Birmingham SLT can help an individual with any difficulties they are experiencing with their speech, language or communication because of a hearing impairment or loss.

Communication problems

Communication problems occur when an individual struggles to communicate effectively. Communication problems can include expressive communication, receptive communication, social communication and non-verbal communication. Communication problems can be caused by a number of reasons, including stroke, learning difficulties, head or neck injury etc. Speech and language therapy can help an individual to reach their personal potential with their communication.

Head and neck cancer

Head and neck cancer is when a multiplication of abnormal cells occur at organs and tissues within the head and neck. Head and neck cancer can affect an individual's speech, language, communication or swallowing abilities. Birmingham SLT can help an individual with head and neck cancer with their specific difficulties.

Mental health problems

Mental health problems occur when an individual experiences difficulties with normal day to day activities and forming personal relationships. Mental health problems can cause difficulties with an individual's speech, language, communication and swallowing. Speech and language therapy can greatly help an individual with mental health problems.

Autistic spectrum disorder

Autistic spectrum disorder is a lifelong condition, which affects an individual's ability to make sense of the world around them. Autistic spectrum disorder can affect the individual's ability to communicate with other individuals. There are different forms of autistic spectrum disorder, including autism, Asperger's syndrome and atypical autism. Autism can affect an individual's language, communication and social communication abilities. Speech and language therapy at Birmingham SLT can help an individual with autistic spectrum disorder with their speech, language or communication difficulties.

Palliative care needs

Palliative care needs include providing input to an individual to improve their quality of life. Palliative care needs aim to minimise any pain or discomfort the individual may be experiencing with their speech, language, communication or swallowing. Speech and language therapy can be an important role in helping the individual with any difficulties they may have with their speech, language, communication and swallowing, but also those who are supporting them.

Physical disabilities

Physical disabilities can cause speech, communication and swallowing difficulties. Physical disabilities affect the movements of the individual's body. Physical disabilities can cause speech, communication and swallowing difficulties, due to the individual finding the movements of the muscles involved in speech and swallowing challenging. Speech and language therapy can support an individual with physical disabilities to reach their personal potential with their speech, communication and swallowing.

Children

Birmingham SLT can help children who have difficulties with their speech, language, communication or swallowing, including:

Cleft lip and palate

Cleft lip and palate is a congenital condition. Cleft lip and palate is where there is a split or separation of the child's lip and palate. There are different severities of cleft lip and palate. The child may have a either a cleft lip or palate on its own, or a cleft lip and palate together. A child with a cleft lip and palate may experience difficulties with their speech, communication or swallowing. Speech and language therapy can help a child with speech, communication or swallowing difficulties they are experiencing.

Voice disorders

Voice disorders affect a child's ability to use their voice effectively. The pitch, quality or volume of a child's voice with a voice disorder may have changed. There are different severities of voice disorders. Mild voice disorders may include the child's voice becoming weak or hoarse sounding, to severe cases where there is a complete absence of the child's voice. Speech and language therapy can target the child's difficulties with their voice, and help them reach their maximum potential.

Eating, drinking and swallowing disorders

Eating, drinking and swallowing disorders are when a child experiences difficulties when eating, drinking or swallowing foods and/or liquids. A child may experience discomfort, drooling, coughing or choking during or after eating or drinking. Speech and language therapy can help a child's eating, drinking or swallowing difficulties to minimise the risks of swallowing difficulties.

Speech and language impairment

Speech and language impairment is a broad term which describes when a child is experiencing difficulties with their language development. Speech and language impairments include language delay or language disorder. Language delay can be defined as when a child develops their language in the correct patterns, however at a slow pace. Language disorder is when the child develops their language in a different order, and therefore mimics a younger child's language.

Glue ear

Glue ear is where a child experiences difficulty with their hearing. Glue ear occurs when a build-up of fluid occurs in the child's middle ear. This build-up of fluid prevents sound being transmitted properly. Glue ear causes a reduced ability with the child's hearing, which can then impact their speech, language and communication development. Speech and language therapy at Birmingham SLT can help a child who is experiencing glue ear with their speech, language and communication development.

Speech disorders

Speech disorders are when a child experiences difficulty in the production of speech sounds. Speech disorders may include articulation disorders (problems with the movements of the articulators during speech), phonological disorders (problems with organisation of speech sounds), lisps, dysfluencies (stammering, cluttering), childhood apraxia (problems with planning and sequencing speech) and dysarthria (muscles required for speech become slow or weak). Speech and language therapy at Birmingham SLT can provide input and support to a child with their speech and communication difficulties.

Neurological impairments

Neurological disorders occur when a child experiences damage to their central nervous system. The central nervous system is made up of nerves throughout the body, the spinal cord and the brain. There are a number of causes of neurological impairments including stroke, head injury, infections, disease and cerebral palsy etc. A child who has a neurological impairment may experience difficulties with their speech, language, communication or swallowing. Birmingham SLT have a team of specialist speech and language therapists who can provide input to the child's specific speech, language, communication or swallowing needs.

Hearing impairments

A hearing impairment is when a child's ability to hear and process sound is reduced. There are three types of hearing impairments, including congenital hearing loss which affects the middle ear, sensorineural hearing loss affecting the inner ear or a mixed hearing loss which affects the middle and inner ear. Hearing impairments can affect a child's ability to hear the speech sounds around them, and therefore affects their language development. Speech and language therapy can help a child with hearing impairments with the common difficulties experienced with their speech, language or communication.

Communication problems

Communication problems are when a child has difficulty with communicating with the people around them. Communication includes verbal communication (speaking), non-verbal communication (gestures, facial expressions), writing, social communication and reading. Speech and language therapy at Birmingham SLT can help a child with a variety of communication problems they may be experiencing.

Selective mutism

Selective mutism is a childhood condition, where a child feels anxious or uncomfortable speaking and communicating in certain environments. Selective mutism usually starts when the child begins school, and they can experience difficulties with communicating to any person, or any environment where they feel uncomfortable. Selective mutism can affect a child's communication and social communication. Our specialist speech and language therapists at Birmingham SLT will be able to help the child with their communication.

Physical disabilities

Physical disabilities make everyday movements of the body difficult. Physical disabilities may be caused by neurological conditions, head or spine injuries, infections or cerebral palsy. Physical disabilities can affect the movements of muscles of the mouth, head and neck. Physical disabilities can cause difficulties for a child with their speech, language, communication or swallowing. Speech and language therapy can provide direct input to a child to help them with their speech, language, communication and swallowing difficulties.

Autistic spectrum disorder

Autistic spectrum disorder is a term which describes a number of conditions including autism, atypical autism and asperger's syndrome. Autistic spectrum disorder can affect a child's speech, language, communication, social imagination and social communication. Speech and language therapy can support and help the child to reach their maximum potential with their speech, language and communication difficulties.

Bilingualism

Bilingualism is where a child acquires communicative skills in more than one language. Bilingualism does not cause or contribute to communication disorders however a child may have difficulties in either just one, or all of their languages. Speech and language therapy can help a child who is experiencing difficulties with their speech, language and communication in one or more languages. Speech and language therapy aims to help the child with successfully developing their language in all of the languages they speak.

Auditory processing disorder

Auditory processing disorder is where a child experiences difficulty with recognising and interpreting sounds they have heard in the environment. A child with auditory processing may find it difficult to distinguish which sounds are background noises, and which sounds that are speech. Speech and language therapy can help a child with auditory processing disorder with their speech, language and communication.

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