UNIT 1 Speech Therapy

UNIT1 Speech Therapy

Complete the chart:

Why is speech therapy interesting?

SPEECH THERAPY

supports children

with speech problems helps to

use words

to express

yourself

promotes speech and language development

What do speech therapists do?

help people to speak fluently help people to

SPEECH THERAPISTS

communicate

deal with children and adults treat language

problems

Active Vocabulary

Exercise 1. Match the word s with their definitions:

speech therapy	the quality of being loud and clear
rehabilitation	to get something
to encounter	the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes
to deal with	to try to deal with something or someone
pathology	the formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech
to tackle	the top part of the inside of your mouth
treatment	the treatment of people who have difficulty speaking
resonance	to meet someone unexpectedly
articulation	to speak or say something, especially the first part of a word, with difficulty, for example pausing before it or repeating it several times
phonation	medical care given to a patient for an illness or injury
to acquire	an illness that disrupts normal physical or mental functions
larynx	someone ‘s returning to a good or healthy condition, state or way of living
palate	a muscular hollow organ between the nose and the lungs which contains the tissue that moves very quickly to create the human voice and many animal sounds
disorder	the production or utterance of speech sounds
to stutter	to take action in order to achieve something or in order to solve a problem

Exercise 2. Read the text and match the suitable titles:

1. Resonance or Voice Disorders

2. Goals Of Speech Therapy

3. Speech Problems

4. Fluency Disorders

5. What Is Speech Therapy?

6. Articulation Disorders

7. Who Gives Speech Therapy?

One of the not so noticed areas of rehabilitation medicine is Speech Therapy. In fact, a lot of people may not even know that something like this existed. It may be the case that this is your first time to encounter the field or you may have heard it somewhere, but don’t fully understand what the practice is all about. The sad truth about Speech Therapy is that you may not encounter it unless the situation calls for it. However, getting to know what the practice is can be very beneficial information. 1_________________________

As the name suggests, speech therapy deals with speech problems that an individual may encounter. However, the field of Speech Pathology doesn’t only tackle speech, but also language and other communication problems that people may already have due to birth, or people acquired due to accidents or other misfortunes. Speech therapy is basically a treatment that people of all ages can undergo through, to fix their speech. Although speech therapy alone would focus on fixing speech related problems like treating one’s vocal pitch, volume, tone, rhythm and articulation. 2__________________________

Speech Therapy aims for an individual to develop or get back effective communication skills at its optimal level. Recovery mainly depends on the case and severity of your problem, especially if your speech problem is acquired, meaning you had normal speech skills before then you had an accident or abrupt incident that caused your current speech problem; thus, you may or may not get back your old level of speech function.

3________________________ Speech problems are mainly categorized into three namely: Articulation Disorders, Resonance or Voice Disorders and Fluency Disorders. Each disorder deals with a different pathology and uses different techniques for therapy.

4_______________________ Articulation Disorders are basically problems with physical features used for articulation. These features include lips, tongue, teeth, hard and soft palate, jaws and inner cheeks. If you have an Articulation Disorder, then you may have a problem producing words or syllables correctly to the point that people you communicate to can’t understand what you are saying.

5______________________ Resonance, more popularly known as, Voice Disorders mainly deal with problems regarding phonation or the production of the raw sound itself. Most probably, you have a Voice Disorder when the sound that your larynx or voice box produces comes out to be muffled, nasal, intermittent, weak, too loud or any other characteristic not pertaining to normal. 6______________________ Fluency Disorders are speech problems with regard to the fluency of your speech. There are some cases that you talk too fast, in which people can’t understand you, thus, you have a Fluency Disorder of Cluttering. The most common Fluency Disorder however, is Stuttering, which is a disorder of fluency where your speech is constantly interrupted by blocks, fillers, stoppages, repetitions or sound prolongations. 7_______________________ A highly trained professional, called a SLP or a Speech and Language Pathologist, gives Speech Therapy. Speech and Language Pathologists are informally more popularly known as Speech Therapists. They are professionals who have education and training with human communication development and disorders. Speech and Language pathologists assess diagnose and treat people with speech, communication and language disorders. However, they are not doctors, but are considered to be specialists on the field of medical rehabilitation. Exercise 3. Answer the questions to the text:

1. What is speech therapy?

2. What problems does the field of Speech Pathology tackle with?

3. What are the goals of speech therapy?

4. What are three main speech problems?

5. What are the articulation disorders?

6. What speech problems do the voice disorders deal with?

7. What are fluency disorders?

8. What is stuttering?

9. Who are speech therapists?

10. What do speech therapists do?

Exercise 4. Use the words at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space at the same line:

Speech Therapy focuses on receptive language, or the 1) ___________ to understand words spoken to you, and 2) ___________ language, or the ability to use words to express yourself. It also deals with the mechanics of 3)____________ words, such as 4) _______________, pitch, fluency, and volume. Adults may need speech therapy after a 5) ________ or traumatic accident that changes their ability to use language; for children, it 6) ________________ involves pursuing milestones that have been delayed.  The professionals in charge of your child's speech therapy are called speech-language 7)_____________, speech therapists, speech teachers, or whatever 8)_______________of these words your school district pastes together -- will work to find fun activities to 9) ______________ your child in areas of weakness. For mechanics, this might involve exercises to strengthen the tongue and lips, such as blowing on whistles or licking up Cheerios. For language, this might involve games to stimulate word 10) ____________, comprehension or conversation.

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Definitions

1. speech therapy [spiːʧ 'θerəpɪ]- the treatment of people who have difficulty speaking

2. rehabilitation [ˌriːhəˌbɪlɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n]- someone ‘s returning to a good or healthy condition, state or way of living

3. to encounter [ɪn'kauntə] - to meet someone unexpectedly

4. to deal with [diːl] - to take action in order to achieve something or in order to solve a problem

5. pathology [pə'θɔləʤɪ] - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes.

6. to tackle ['tækl] - to try to deal with something or someone

7. treatment ['triːtmənt] - medical care given to a patient for an illness or injury

8. resonance ['rez(ə)nən(t)s]- the quality of being loud and clear

9. articulation [ɑːˌtɪkj'leɪʃ(ə)n]- the formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech

10. phonation [fə(ʊ)ˈneɪʃ(ə)n] - the production or utterance of speech sounds

11. acquire [ə'kwaɪə]- to get something

12. larynx ['lærɪŋks] - a muscular hollow organ between the nose and the lungs which contains the tissue that moves very quickly to create the human voice and many animal sounds

13. palate ['pælət]- the top part of the inside of your mouth

14. disorder [dɪ'sɔːdə]- an illness that disrupts normal physical or mental functions

15. to stutter ['stʌtə] - to speak or say something, especially the first part of a word, with difficulty, for example pausing before it or repeating it several times