Speech pathology treatments for children and adolescents

e.g. with following delays, disorders or diseases

 

  • Early childhood eating, drinking and swallowing disorders (orofacial dysfunction)

  • Muscle weakness in the mouth and face area (myofunctional dysfunction, MFS)

  • Coordination difficulties in gross, fine and oral-motor skills

  • Speech later start (so-called "late talker", children under 2 years)

  • Language development delays (ETS)

  • Pronunciation problems, faulty speech articulation, eg Lisp (dyslalia, Sigmatismus)

  • Disturbances in the formation of sounds and sound combinations (phonological disorder)

  • Grammar disorders (Dysgrammatismus)

  • Dyslexia (LRS) for example due to hearing impairment or speech delay and/or language impairment

  • Hearing problems, also with cochlear implant (CI)

  • Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)

  • Language Impairment (SES), in conjunction with general developmental delay and/or trouble

  • Acquired speech impediment as a result of brain damage (aphasia)

  • Children and adolescents without oral language

  • Children and young people with physical and/or mental disability

  • Speak through the nose (nasal twang) for example with cleft lip and/or cleft palate (LKGS) or a weakness of the soft palate (Veluminsuffizienz)

  • Voice disorders (dysphonia), for example with vocal cord nodules ("Scream nodules"), cleft lip and/or cleft palate, too high or too low voice, hoarseness, voice change, voice change (mutation)

  • Fluency disorders (stuttering or cluttering)

  • Bilingualism or multilingualism

  • as well as any other speech- and language problems