Language Therapy: Speech And Language Theirapy

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Speech and language therapy- Speech and language theirapy isn't just for ways to communicate, it's for anything to do with the mouth and throat, this includes feeding and swallowing. The NHS have a video about their speech and language theripists, the video says that they work with a full range of age groups, and they use the therapy for general understanding, feeding and swallowing, stroke rehabilitation, stammers, lisps and even muscular problems. It supports children and their families and they have theripists of a variety of ages, both genders, and from different backgrounds (religious and cultural) so the child and the family have the choice of who they want to work with them or their child. The theripists from speech aqnd language theripy

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