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  Hearing Loss Hearing Loss is one of the most common disabilities in the present world. It is a known fact that Hearing ability will empower and help us to lead our daily activities happily without any limitations. It truly enables us to socialize ourselves in both Professional and Personal life.                    It was observed that 1 in every 4 children in India are suffering from induced hearing loss and 2 in every 4 people of 65 to 70 age are suffering from hearing loss. This condition increased to 1 in 2 people of age group with more than 75 years old.                     A known fact “Hearing Loss cannot be Restored” we can only take measured steps to...

  Hearing Aids A Hearing Aid is a Small Electronic Device that is easily wearable in or behind your ear.   Hearing Aids makes every minute sound audible that an ear fails to amplify. Hearing aids help a hearing loss person to listen to the sounds and helps them to participate in daily activities. It improves the hearing and speech comprehension in people.   Evolution Of Hearing Aids   Up until the 16th century, people assumed that individuals with Hearing Loss are a disability. Individuals were discriminated until a Spanish monk named Pedro Ponce disproved this theory by teaching the deaf son how to read, write, speak and do the math. If we consider the evolution of hearing aids, there are 7 eras towards the development of the hearing...

Speech Therapy When a person is unable to produce speech sounds correctly or fluently or has problems with his or her voice, then he or she has a speech disorder. Difficulties in pronouncing the sounds or articulation disorders and stuttering are examples of speech disorders.   When a person has trouble understanding the others (receptive language) or sharing thoughts, ideas, and feelings completely (expressive language), then he or she has a language disorder. A stroke can result in aphasia or a language disorder. Both children and adults can have speech and language disorders. They can occur as a result of a medical problem or have no known cause. Hearing Solutions has professional Speech-Language Pathologists who provide complete care (Evaluation & Treatment)...

  Articulation Disorder Articulation is a speech disorder in which a person feels difficulty in articulating the specific sounds. Children generally use a phonological process to produce sound patterns. Due to the Articulation problem, some children will not be able to spell or talk properly. If a child is not able to provide the pronounciation with the right word, then Audiologists will give few speech techniques which will help the child to articulate the words which have been missing. Speech problems might includes substitutions, omissions, additions or distortions of the words and sentences. It is the most common problem seen in children. About 10-15% of pre-schoolers and 6% of school-age children have articulation problem. There is a difficulty in articulating the...

  Voice Disorders Voice Disorder is a speech disorder that affects the ability of a person to speak normally. A voice disorder is present when there is a problem with the pitch, volume, tone and other vocal problems. This voice disorder appears when vocal cords don’t vibrate normally. The extra presence of air in the vocal cords leads to the disruptions in the voice box which leads to a disturbance in the voice. Voice disorder includes other disorders includes laryngitis, paralyzed vocal cords, and a nerve problem. There are a few symptoms to identify voice disorder like hoarseness, sound strained or choppy, pain or lump in the throat, quivering sound, weak, whispery, or breathy and many others. Many disorders can be cured with treatment and speech therapies. Voice...

Dysarthria Dysarthria is a speech disorder which is caused due to weakness in the muscles. Weakness in the muscles is due to the damage in the brain after meeting with a stroke or an accident. It is a motor speech disorder which is directly connected to the muscles contractions. Generally, we use muscles to talk like the muscles of the face, lips, tongue and throat will not respond appropriately. This weakness in the muscles will make a person have a slurred speech or mumbles speech, either speak very fast or very slow. A person with Dysarthria will not be able to move the tongue, lips, jaw etc. Sometimes the voice will change completely or changes to hoarse or breathy, stuffy nose etc. People with Dysarthria have to visit a Speech Pathologist to talk to get betterment in the...

Aphasia - Impaired Language Aphasia is a language impairment that affects the production of speech and also the ability to read and write. According to the NAA, National Aphasia Association about 25% to 40% of people suffer from an Aphasia after stroke. Aphasia is generally seen in the people who met with an injury to the brain or any head/brain traumas. Aphasia also affects the brain’s ability to recognise the objects. A person will also face difficulty in the arrangement of the words, or the sentences. They face a lot of problem in communicating with others.   It is a Neurological disorder which is a clear symptom of epilepsy and dementia/Alzheimer’s disease. The treatment of aphasia completely depends on the cause of aphasia syndrome. A person can get...

  Swallowing Problems Swallowing difficulty is an inability to swallow foods or any liquids with ease. Swallowing problem is quite common in both the adults and the children. Swallowing Disorder is also known as Dysphagia. It is a condition where the brain, nerves and other muscular valves are constrained to open the esophagus or avoid swallowing the food or liquids. Swallowing difficulties will lead to malnutrition and dehydration. It also leads to sudden weight loss. Swallowing disorder will allow the sticking of the food in the throat and the chest which leads to frequent Heartburn and formation of acid in the stomach, coughing gagging and many more. Difficulty in Swallowing can also lead to choking to the oesophagus which leads to pain in the throat. Dysphagia is most...

Autism Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is a language disorder where a child will not be able to understand the speech and any other non-verbal communications. People with ASD often demonstrate restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped interests or patterns of behaviour. Autism is a challenge which has its own strengths and challenges. High intellectual ability is considered to be a strength while a disability to communicate to others are considered to be a weakness. Mostly a child with Autism will face a lot of challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviours, speech and nonverbal communication.   Autism will affect sensitives and other medical issues. It is a language disorder which needs a full time by speech experts. Speech therapists will give therapies to...

  ADHD Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is known as ADHD. ADHD is one of the common disorder found in children. According to research, 8.4% of children and 2.5 % of adults are identified with ADHD. A person with ADHD will not be able to keep focus or showcases extra movements in fixing the things or take the decisions Impulsively. ADHD is a major impairment of the brain’s executive functions. People have a stigma that ADHD is a mental illness, it is neither a behavioural disorder nor any disability. It is a development impairment of the brain’s self-management system. It leads to facing trouble with impulse-control, focusing, and organization. Research suggests that genetics, heredity and mother’s behaviour during pregnancy plays an important...

Communication Disorders Communication Disorders are the most common disorders found in children. A child will face a lot of difficulty in communicating with others. Such children will not be able to understand the sounds of the speech and always struggle with the word choice, word order and sentence structures. Communication disorder also includes Expressive Language Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder, and Autism. A communication disorder is not a mental retardation condition or any neurological disorder. Communication Disorders are because of gene problems, environmental factors, inappropriate development of the brain, exposures to toxins, alcohols or drugs during pregnancy etc. A child with Communication disorder will face...