Assessment and Treatment

Speech therapist will assess individuals with communication difficulties and swallowing problem.

After assessment, therapists will analyse individual’s ability and discuss feasible treatment plans with the family. These might include swallowing rehabilitation programme, learning swallowing techniques, suggestions on communication training or finding alternative ways of communicating.

The goal of therapy is to improve individual’s well-being and minimize the impact of the existing difficulties.

Depending on individual’s ability, training areas include:

Swallowing exercise

Oral muscle co-ordination training (e.g. range of movement, strength and speed of oral muscles)

Diet modifications (e.g. consistency modification, food recommendations)

Articulation training (e.g. the correct and accurate production of sounds, words and sentences)

Language understanding (receptive language) and speaking (expressive language)

Word finding training

Organizational skill

Deep Pharyngeal Neurological Stimulation Therapy

Alternative/Artificial voice production methods, e.g. electrolarynx