A Speech-Language Pathologist is a professional who specializes in the prevention, identification, and treatment of communication disorders, conditions that affect forty-two million Americans. Communication problems can affect anyone, at any age, at any time.

Young children can have a language delay that limits early learning. Older people can have aphasia following a stroke, a condition that leaves them unable to express thoughts. People of all ages can stutter, have problems with voice, or have difficulty with the use of the oral-motor mechanism for functional speech or feeding.

Treatment of a communication disorder is important to a person's quality of life in that communication plays an essential role in one's academic, professional, and social success.

What are some common communication disorders in children?

• Prematurity and Speech-Language Delays   
• Adolescent Language
• Ear Infection
• Stuttering
• Social Language
• Voice
• Vocal Hygiene
• Apraxia
• Oral Motor Activities   
• Articulation
• Speech Sound Development
• Child Language
• Language Development