Pediatric Speech Therapy
Speech Pathologist in Lake Nona & Saint Cloud
- What is speech? Speech is how we say sounds and words. It includes:
- Articulation: how we say sounds using our mouth, lips and tongue
- Voice: how we use airflow and our vocal folds to make sounds (loud/soft, low/high pitch)
- Fluency: the rhythm of our speech; it may sometimes cause pausing and repetitions of sounds
- What is language? Language is the words we use and how we use those words to share our wants/needs, thoughts, ideas and feelings. It includes:
- What words mean.
- How to make new words by changing beginnings and endings (e.g. friend, friendly, unfriendly).
- How to put words together into phrases, sentences, stories, conversations.
- What we should say at different times and in different social scenarios.
- Receptive Language is what we understand. Expressive Language is how we share thoughts, ideas and feelings.
