Category: Voice and speech

Aphasia

Aphasia means having language difficulties after a brain injury, usually after a stroke. You may have difficulty speaking and writing, or understand spoken and written language. When you cannot communicate as you are used to, life is affected in many ways. But there is much to do and several tools to use to improve.

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Huskiness

When you are hes, your voice does not sound as usual. It is common to become hes when you are cold. Often, the hoarseness goes away by itself when the cold has passed. It can take up to a week. You can even get hoarse if you overstretch your voice.

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Stuttering in children

Stuttering means that the child hooks up letters and syllables, or that the speech is stopped even though the child knows what they want to say. It is often noticed when the child is between two and four years. For the most part, it goes away by itself within a couple of years. If it does not go over, if the child thinks it is difficult or if you are worried, you can get help from a speech therapist.

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