How much do you know about SPEECH THERAPY?

• Speech Therapy
• Language Therapy
• Naming therapy
• Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT)
• Swallowing Therapy
• Oro-motor Therapy
• Cognitive Linguistic Therapy
• Reading and Writing Therapy
• Coma Stimulation
• Recovery Monitoring
• AAC Therapy
• Counselling 

Speech Therapy is a form of therapy that is confined to working with Neurophysiological and psychological basis articulation, resonation, prosody, and phonation (voice); of Speech Production in terms of Intelligibility of speech (clarity of speech). 

Language Therapy is a form of therapy that is confined to working with Neurophysiological and psychological basis of Language comprehension and expression through various modes. The modes may be verbal/oral, Auditory-visual/written, visual/gestural, or multi-model.

Naming Therapy is a variation of Language Therapy to improve the naming skill. This earns a distinct recognition as there are disorders in which only semantics or naming will be affected. 

Auditory Verbal Therpay is a variation of Speech-Language therapy focusing on auditory stimulation in improving hearing and language skills. 

Swallowing Therapy is a form of therapy that is related to working with Neurophysiological basis of chewing and swallowing skills for adequate nutrition and pleasure.

Oro-motor therapy  is a variation of Speech Therapy to strengthen the oro-motor structures to support the speech output. 

Cognitive-Linguistic Therapy is a variation of Language Therapy which focuses on Linguistic approach to cognitive functioning in functional and skill based activities. It is not confined to a set of skills but it involves various levels and entities.

Reading and Writing Therapy is a variation of Cognitive-Linguistic Therapy focused on reading and writing skills in academic or professional rehabilitation. 

Coma Stimulation is a form of basic therapy variation which focuses on reorientation of the individuals senses (auditory, visual, olfactory, Hand-motoric memory - in conjunction with Occupational Therapist) to the environment. 

Recovery Monitoring is a process of early therapy to monitor the individuals functional recovery in Speech, Language, Swallowing, and Cognitive-linguistic functioning which might determine the efficient communication skills. 

AAC Therapy (Alternative Augmentative Communication Therapy) is variation from Speech-Language Therapy involving the use of Communication Aids in the efficient rehabilitation of communication through facilitation or efficient communication using compensatory Alternative communication aids.  

Counselling - is a process of explaining and motivating the parents to co-operate to the team work which requires patience and positive approach. 

There has been change in perspective of the boarders in which the profession delivers its services. A lot to be known and a lot be done.