Speech Therapy For Adults | Introducing Yourself

Speech therapy for adults can involve placing yourself in functional situations and practicing what you have to say. Do you have difficulty introducing yourself? Meet me and observe what I say about myself and and then introduce yourself to me! Practice coming up with three different facts about yourself over and over again for those awkward ice breakers....

Aphasia is an acquired language disorder affecting 200,000 Americans a year. Over two million Americans suffer from aphasia. A person with aphasia has difficulty speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. A person’s ability to communicate has been affected to various degrees. There are multiple types of aphasia: Broca’s, Wernicke’s, Conduction, Global, Anomic, Primary Progressive, Mixed Transcortical, Transcortical Motor, and Transcortical Sensory.

Compensatory strategies are proven to help with word finding, and you’ll find those videos on the list of uploads. Language therapy with a speech-language pathologist can help improve word finding and speech and language. Speech therapy for aphasia is time consuming and worthwhile to improve communication and daily interaction with family members and others.

Family members, check out the playlists for communication to help your loved one improve their speech and communication! You can find “speech therapy near me” for the bulk of your speech therapy needs, but check out the functional communication videos to aid with practice and community integration.    • How to Identify Emotions | Aphasia Th...  

Speech therapy isn’t just for kids. Speech therapy for adults is evidence based and effective to help with communication.

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