LOTS Therapeutic interventions - Speech Therapy

Speech Therapy

Speech-language pathologists also called speech therapists works with the full range of human communication and its disorders to treat speech, language, and swallowing disorders in individuals of all ages, from infants to the elderly and to evaluate and diagnose speech, language, and swallowing disorders.

During a speech-language appointment the pathologist:

• will take a careful history of medical conditions and symptoms
• will look at the strength and movement of the muscles involved in swallowing
• will observe feeding to see posture, behavior, and oral movements during eating and drinking
• may perform special tests to evaluate swallowing

It is very important for individuals with LOTS to seek speech-language therapy in order to address speech issues and maximize their ability to express themselves and communicate. Also to tackle swallowing problems and to prevent respiratory infections caused by aspiration.

Find a speech-language pathologists

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) provides an online directory of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Programs. Their searchable database contains listings of more than 7,000 programs that employ audiologists and speech-language pathologists who hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from ASHA.

Please note that programs and private practitioners who appear in ASHA listing do so voluntarily and currently represent only a percentage of speech-language pathologists and audiologists who hold ASHA’s Certificate of Clinical Competence.