Speech Therapy Blog
Specialist articles on adult speech therapy, neurorehabilitation and vocal pathology
Dysphagia in Alzheimer's: How Speech Therapy Keeps Swallowing Safe
Swallowing difficulties are common and dangerous in Alzheimer's disease. Learn to recognise the warning signs, understand why dysphagia occurs in dementia, and discover how speech therapy protects your loved one's safety and nutrition.
Alzheimer's and Speech: How Speech Therapy Helps in Dementia
Alzheimer's doesn't only affect memory — it also changes language, communication, and swallowing. Learn how speech therapy can protect these abilities and support caregivers every step of the way.
Vocal Overuse Dysphonia: Causes, Symptoms and Speech Therapy
Does your voice tire out, go hoarse, or disappear by the end of the day? Vocal overuse dysphonia is more common than you think. Learn the causes, warning signs, and how speech therapy can restore your voice.
Voice Rehabilitation After Surgery: What to Expect and How Speech Therapy Helps
Had throat, thyroid or laryngeal surgery and noticed changes in your voice? Discover how post-surgical vocal rehabilitation works and what speech therapy can do for your recovery.
Dysphagia Exercises at Home: A Safe and Practical Guide
Living with dysphagia? Discover which swallowing exercises are evidence-based, how to do them safely at home, and when professional speech therapy guidance is essential.
Aphasia Recovery: Home Exercises and Communication Strategies
Aphasia changes the way you communicate — but recovery is possible. Discover evidence-based home exercises, family strategies, and how speech therapy accelerates progress after brain injury.
Neurological Dysphagia after Brain Injury: Causes and Speech Therapy
After a stroke or brain injury, something as natural as swallowing can become dangerous. Learn what neurological dysphagia is, why it happens, and how speech therapy can restore safe eating and drinking.
Apraxia of Speech after Brain Injury: Symptoms & Treatment
Apraxia of speech is a motor planning disorder that makes it hard to coordinate the movements needed to speak — even though the person knows exactly what they want to say. Learn the symptoms, how it differs from aphasia and dysarthria, and how speech therapy helps.
Dysarthria after Brain Injury: Symptoms and Speech Therapy
Dysarthria makes speech slurred or unclear after a stroke, TBI or neurological disease. Learn what it is, how it differs from aphasia, and what evidence-based speech therapy can do to help you communicate again.
Functional Dysphonia: Causes, Symptoms and Speech Therapy Treatment
Hoarse, tired or strained voice for weeks with no clear cause? Functional dysphonia is more common than you think — and fully treatable. Learn what triggers it and how speech therapy can restore your voice, just in time for World Voice Day.
Vocal Nodules: Causes, Symptoms and Speech Therapy Treatment
Persistent hoarseness or a voice that tires quickly could be signs of vocal nodules. Find out what causes them, how they are diagnosed, and how speech therapy — not surgery — is the first-line treatment for most people.
Vocal hygiene: 10 essential habits to take care of your voice
The voice is the working tool of millions of professionals. Nodules, polyps, and dysphonia are largely preventable. Discover 10 evidence-based vocal hygiene habits to protect your voice.
Dysphagia: warning signs and when to see a speech therapist
Choking, coughing when drinking, or feeling that food "won't go down" are not normal. They can be signs of dysphagia — a swallowing disorder with serious consequences if left untreated.
Aphasia after stroke: what it is and how speech therapy can help
A stroke can take away the ability to speak and understand language. Aphasia has effective speech therapy treatment. Learn what it is, how it manifests, and why early intervention makes all the difference.