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What are voice disorders?

Voice disorders are medical conditions affecting the sound of a person's voice. These can include factors such as hoarseness, loss of voice, vocal fatigue, abnormal pitch or loudness, breathiness, roughness, strained or strangled vocal quality, tremor and thickening of the vocal folds.

Voice disorders can be caused by medical conditions such as parkinson s disease or stroke; diseases of the larynx; allergies; trauma to the throat or neck area...more

Speech therapy helps in improving the speech, understanding the language skills, and also help in communicating in non-verbal ways such as listening and taking turns. Speech therapy treats various kinds of communication and swallowing problems.

Children with Cleft Palate are diagnosed with an opening in the upper tissue palate in the mouth. This condition causes Velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) which results in excessive airflow from the nose while speaking. Although it can be corrected...more

Mumbling is one of the most common problems in toddlers. Most parents are attentive towards their children's communication skills. If the children start mumbling in more extended conversation and do not articulate well, such cases are of concern for the parents, as the child suffers from speech disability. He/she cannot perform well in school and various areas of social interaction. Many children are good in verbal competitions and studies but may lag behind because of mumbling.

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Communication disorders refer to a variety of disorders that may affect a person s ability to detect, comprehend, or apply speech and language to effectively engage in discourse with others. Over 10% of children suffer from communication disorders. A problem in a particular area of communication can affect other areas. For example hearing impairment in a child can disrupt his/her ability to adjust the tone or pitch of voice, leading to voice disorders.

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Every child is different so are their developmental pace. Some children may have difficulty in their growth that either led to slow or late development. Children may have a problem in their speech which makes it difficult for them to talk and communicate with others that can affect their personality and overall development.

Oral Placement Therapy or OPT is a kind of speech therapy that uses a combination of visual stimulation, auditory stimulation, and tactile stimulation to help impro...more

Some children have more difficulty building vocabulary and articulating sounds as compared to others. In such cases, a speech therapist can help. A speech therapist will help your child learn to enunciate properly, build their vocabulary and help them communicate better. Many speech problems such as stuttering begin in early childhood and if left untreated, can continue into the child s adult life as well. Working with a speech therapist can help prevent this. Some of the benefits of consulting ...more

Speech disorders refer to the conditions that affect an individual s ability to form sounds that allow them to communicate with others. They are not the same as language disorders. Speech disorders stop people from producing correct speech sounds. A language disorder, on the other hand, affects one s ability to comprehend language and learn words. Nevertheless, both disorders make it difficult for a person to express feelings and thoughts in front of others.

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Stammering or stuttering is a type of speech impairment where sounds or syllables are repeated involuntarily or there are unintended gaps in between words when the person is unable to make the desired sound. People develop stutters due to genetic flaws, motor functioning defects, coordination problems or due to psychological stressors. The condition can result in anxiety, depression and withdrawal from verbal communication.

How does homeopathy help?
A stutter can be practiced away o...more

When a child has difficulty forming sounds it may affect their development and other aspects of their lives. For example, a child with an articulation error may have difficulty completing schoolwork or interacting socially with their peers. This is where articulation therapy comes into play. The goal of articulation therapy is to help a child produce challenging sounds and achieve age-appropriate speech.

Proper articulation helps children

Let's start with a definition of articu...more

What is adenomyosis?

Adenomyosis is a condition in which the endometrial lining of the uterus breaks through and encroaches into the muscular myometrial wall of the uterus. These displaced endometrial tissues react to the hormones every month as per the menstrual cycle- thickening- growing- breaking- bleeding. Adenomyosis can be seen throughout the uterus or can be localised to a single spot as well.

The condition is not life threatening but the pain and amount of bleeding comp...more