Language

Professional Help

There are many underlying reasons that can result in language difficulties. Your health professional will probably want to investigate exactly where the weaknesses are in your language, to develop effective management strategies with you.

It is likely that a speech and language therapist will be able to help you if:

• there are motor or sensory impairments affecting your breathing, which makes clear or loud speaking difficult
• you have weakness or poor co-ordination in the muscles of the mouth and throat, which may make your speech slurred or make it hard for people to understand your speech
• a communication device is necessary

It is likely that a psychologist will be able to help you if you find it hard to:

• turn your thoughts into speech
• follow conversations

See also “professional help general information”.