Patients

Speech and language therapists work with:

Babies with feeding and swallowing difficulties.

Children with mild, moderate or severe: learning difficulties, physical disabilities, language delay, specific difficulties in producing sounds, hearing impairment, stammering, autism/social interaction difficulties, dyslexia voice disorders.

Adults with eating and swallowing and/or communication problems following: stroke, head injury (Traumatic brain injury), Parkinson’s disease, motor neuron disease, dementia, cancer of the head, neck and throat, voice problems, mental health issues, learning difficulties, physical disabilities, stammering (dysfluency), hearing impairment etc!

Place of work

Speech and language therapists work in community health centres, hospital wards and outpatient departments, and special schools, day centres and in their clients' homes. Some now work in courtrooms, prisons and young offenders' institutions.

Colleagues

SLTs/SLPs work closely with others involved with the client, for example difficulties with eating and drinking may also involve an occupational therapist. Speech and language therapists also work closely with parents and other professionals, such as teachers, nurses, dietitians, physiotherapists and doctors.

Task 2. Give equivalents in English: логопедия, познавательные расстройства, заглатывание, заикание, серьезность нарушения, физические недостатки, слабоумие, нарушения слуха, психическое здоровье.

Task 3. Open the brackets using the proper word from the text:

1.(логопеды) work in (поликлиника), hospital wards and outpatient departments, and (специализированные школы), day centres and in their clients' homes.

2.Speech and language therapists also (тесно сотрудничают) with parents and other professionals, such as teachers, (няни), (диетологи), (физиотерапевты) and doctors.

3.Depending on the nature and (серьезность нарушений), (общепринятое лечение может варьироваться) from physical strengthening exercises, instructive or repetitive practice and drilling, to the use of audio-visual aids and introduction of strategies (способствовать)'functional' communication.

4.(логопедия) is the rehabilitative or corrective treatment of (физические и познавательные нарушения) resulting in difficulty with communication and swallowing.

5.Communication includes (речь) ((артикуляция), (интонация), (скорость), (интенсивность)), язык (including reading and writing) and the non-verbal such as (мимика) and gesture.

Text 18 Speaking difficulties and speech therapy for cerebral palsy

Task 1. Read and translate this text.

Some people with cerebral palsy have problems moving their mouths to form words correctly. Some have hearing loss, which also affects their ability to speak clearly.

If your child is having problems speaking clearly, talk with your health professional. Hearing tests, speech developmental questionnaires, and other assessments may help determine the best course of treatment.

Speech therapy with a health professional usually is recommended for these problems. However, you can also help a child with cerebral palsy communicate more effectively by:

• Looking directly at the child while you are speaking.

• Talking slowly.

• Using pictures or objects while you are speaking.

• Reading to the child from books with bright pictures. Try to get the child involved in the story by saying, for example, "Show me the fire engine" or "Where is the cat?"

Speech therapy with a health professional may include using:

• Sign language (hand and body movements) or special boards (with pictures, words, or letters on them) can help those people communicate who do not speak clearly.

• A hearing aid. This device may benefit people who have trouble talking because of hearing loss.

• Computers to increase the volume of a voice that is very faint.

• Specialized computer programs. Some programs help improve speech through practicing lessons. Other programs are designed to allow a person who does not speak at all to communicate through objects or symbols.

Task 2. Match the words:

2. sign language

3. cerebral palsy

4. benefit

5. hearing loss

6. to communicate

7. assessments

1. приносить пользу

2. консультации

3. целебральный паралич

4. язык жестов

5. потеря слуха

6. общаться

Task 3. Make 5 questions using the word “to communicate” or “communication”.