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25th September 2009
As the prevalence of autism has increased astronomically in recent years, so has the number of available treatments and education options. Parents must sift through the many interventions and decide which is best for the education of their child. More and... Read >
Author: wbdoyle22nd September 2009
As a learning disability nurse, you would work with people of all ages who need assistance with aspects of everyday life by teaching them skills and giving them the encouragement and confidence they need to live as independently as they can. You may also ... Read >
Author: Henry Funk17th September 2009
This article is all about how to achieve fluency and looks at the specific speech impediment known as stammering/stuttering. My name is Steve Hill, I suffered with a stutter from the age of four and despite regular conventional speech therapy, continued s... Read >
Author: wbdoyle02nd September 2009
As the prevalence of autism has increased astronomically in recent years, so has the number of available treatments and education options. Parents must sift through the many interventions and decide which is best for the education of their child. More and... Read >
Author: J Solutions24th July 2009
Children cerebral palsy affects are considered "special needs," meaning that they cannot care for themselves. The most common diagnosis is spastic cerebral palsy, which involves rigid muscles on one or both sides of the body, as well as difficulty walking... Read >
Author: MIKE SELVON01st July 2009
Is music therapy effective in the treatment of medical, physical, and emotional illness?
Scientific research, especially in northeastern Ohio, has indicated that music therapy can promote the healing spirit of an individual, can improve the quality of ... Read >
Author: Stephen Lau06th June 2009
Over 3 million Americans struggle with a stuttering problem every day. Steve Stanley wanted to do something about that. A sufferer of frequent stuttering, Stanley avoided social situations because he was simply too embarrassed to speak in a group or on a ... Read >
Author: DiBell05th June 2009
Just as with so many other conditions that afflict children, it is the Internet that has been instrumental in the development of new and more effective therapies for speech impediments like stuttering. Experts in the field are now able to more quickly and... Read >
Author: Chriss Tyrrell05th June 2009
So just who can benefit from speech therapy? The fact is that while most people tend to automatically assume that it is only small children who tend to benefit the most from speech therapy, the truth is that people of all ages can and frequently do reap p... Read >
Author: Chriss Tyrrell12th May 2009
Acquired brain injuries are very serious and have lasting medical effects on the person who has this type of brain injury. The brain controls our entire body and is necessary for speech, movement, and other functions of the body so this type of injury can... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer12th May 2009
Acquired brain injuries are very serious and have lasting medical effects on the person who has this type of brain injury. The brain controls our entire body and is necessary for speech, movement, and other functions of the body so this type of injury can... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer17th March 2009
When someone suffers from a stroke or brain injury, they have many options for rehabilitation. Physical therapists can help them regain mobility, and speech therapists are available to improve slurred communications. But vision problems are another common... Read >
Author: Daniel Berry02nd March 2009
Travel jobs in the healthcare sector are suitable for those who love to work in a variety of locations. Ideally qualified candidates can apply for speech therapy travel jobs that exist in leading healthcare facilities throughout the U.S. Besides promising... Read >
Author: Brad Jones20th January 2009
You’re probably used to seeing or even keeping several medical business cards of doctors, one from your cardiologist, another from your dermatologist, dentist, ear eyes nose throat doctor, surgeon, and the list goes on. Some doctors even have several b... Read >
Author: zoe phoenix08th January 2009
Currently, speech therapists can find jobs easily as there are a number of ST vacancies in various medical environments in the United States. Qualified therapists with patience and strong interpersonal skills can work with patients suffering from hearing ... Read >
Author: Brad Jones15th December 2008
Speech therapist jobs demand the service of highly skilled and aptly qualified, dedicated individuals. At present, a growing number of job openings in this field are available in the United States. The speech therapist assists patients of all ages strug... Read >
Author: Brad Jones13th December 2008
Down syndrome children are a lot of work. Parents will need a team of doctors, including a cardiologist, a gastroenterologist, a pediatrician and other specialists, like speech therapists. Babies with Down syndrome may have trouble learning to roll over, ... Read >
Author: MIKE SELVON08th December 2008
Speech disorders are fairly easy to recognize by a layperson. The speech may be difficult to understand, articulation may be unclear, it may sound ‘stuttered’ or fluency may by disrupted. Although
most listeners tolerate speech disorders, individual... Read >
Author: Niyan Vadia03rd December 2008
The Real Cure For Stuttering
If you are looking for the cure for stuttering, then you may be excited to find out that there is one. You might have been told otherwise, however that's just due to the fact that the mainstream methods for helping with st... Read >
Author: Rin27th October 2008
Healthcare and rehabilitation facilities are increasing day by day and along with it, the demand for speech language pathologists is also on the increase. If you are enthusiastic, motivated, trustworthy, and enjoy working in a healthcare environment, then... Read >
Author: John Stephen01st July 2008
The term Speech therapy is an abbreviation for the longer term Speech and Language Therapy as practiced by a Speech and Language Therapist. A speech and Language therapist working with Young People would need to understand;
Play and imagination skills... Read >
Author: John Sern27th June 2008
Autistic Spectrum Disorders are written about more readily in today’s society. This may be due to better identification of Autistic Spectrum Disorders and at an earlier age.
Teams of speech and language therapists will see many children who are dia... Read >
Author: John Sern04th June 2008
Childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD) too known as Heller's syndrome. It's too called dementia infantilis, disintegrative psychosis and pervasive disintegrative disorder. Childhood disintegrative disorder is a circumstance in which inexperienced childre... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen20th May 2008
Speech therapy is the more commonly used abbreviation for the longer term speech and language therapy, carried out through the work of a speech and language therapist.
As the fuller name suggests a speech and language therapist is not only interested i... Read >
Author: John Sern06th February 2008
According to the Council for Affordable Health Insurance, people who are uninsured pay up to four times more for medical services than those who are insured because insurance companies and medical care providers negotiate behind the scenes. The unequal re... Read >
Author: Jesse Segle17th February 2007
I truly believe that the only people who can answer the question, from the title of this article, are people who actually have or have overcome a stutter themselves. For reasons that I am not aware of, I developed a stutter when I was just four years of a... Read >
Author: Steve Hill12th February 2007
Many people are looking towards the internet in their search for effective stuttering therapies and stuttering treatments. The majority of these people have attempted the traditional routes of local speech therapists with mixed and in some cases little su... Read >
Author: Steve Hill09th February 2007
A speech impediment can have a huge affect on a persons life. It can leave them feeling depressed, unconfident, sad, lonely and with a low self-esteem. I know this for a fact as I had a stutter for eighteen years, and over the last ten years I have met an... Read >
Author: Steve Hill08th February 2007
Treatments for stuttering having improved one hundred percent over the last decade. There is no longer a need for people who suffer with this frustrating speech impediment to only seek help and treatments from traditional speech therapists. In this articl... Read >
Author: Steve Hill29th January 2007
Until today, no real cure for autism has been detected. But an early and proper treatment could very much lessen the disruptive behavior and reduce the challenges parents and physicians deal with due to the disorder. An appropriate treatment might help au... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola24th December 2006
Stuttering or stammering as it is sometimes is called, is a disability which can have a hugely negative impact on a persons life. I know from personal experience just how negative this impact can be, as I developed a stutter when I was four years of age. ... Read >
Author: Steve Hill13th April 2006
A Medical Transcriptionists career could pay off well for those seeking to update their career training. As thousands of jobs are being outsourced and sent overseas in every sector, for those fortunate enough to be within the employment ranks as medical t... Read >
Author: Jennifer Thomas02nd March 2006
This article is all about how to achieve fluency and looks at the specific speech impediment known as stammering/stuttering. My name is Steve Hill, I suffered with a stutter from the age of four and despite regular conventional speech therapy, continued s... Read >
Author: Steve Hill27th January 2006
For a parent, it is a big shock when their young toddler starts to stutter. What to do next is hard to decide, whether to seek help from a stutter specialist or to hope it is just a phase.
I met a lady who was thirty and her little boy aged four had ha... Read >
Author: Steve Hill24th December 2005
Completely in the canal hearing aids (also known as CIC hearing aids) are, as the name suggests, hearing aids which fit entirely within the wearers ear canal. These revolutionary devices are the smallest hearing aids on the market and are invisible to ... Read >
Author: Martin Smith
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