CONSULTATIONS OF "CICERO" CENTER

CONSULTATIONS FOR ADULTS

Both children and adults need assistance of a speech therapist. Currently, the adult speech therapy does not lose but increases its relevance. Because the competent writing, and speaking and its components - breathing, voice, articulation, intonation, tempo-rhythm - have a significant impact on the social activity of the adult person. The disorders can cause communicative stiffness, reduction of work capacity, a situation of failure for almost healthy people, and for some it creates a threat of professional impropriety.

Specialists can help adolescents, students, business people and all the adults who want their speech to be correct, competent and clean. To fix pronunciation of sounds, to improve diction, to adjust the tempo-rhythmic, voice problems, to restore speech after craniocerebral traumas, strokes is possible and even necessary at any age.

The solution of these problems returns people to normal work, so the task of the specialized speech therapy services for adults acquire social importance.

In order to get rid of speech problems forever, it is sometimes necessary to remove not only the logopaedic problems but also their causes such as neurological and somatic disorders.

Complex/ Express-diagnostics and further correctional and rehabilitation work is conducted by highly skilled specialists: speech therapists, neurologists who have years of experience (over 20 years).

INDICATIONS:

• correction of disorders of sound pronunciation (arranging and automation of sounds);
• improvement of diction;
• speech rehabilitation after traumatic brain injuries, strokes; prosthetics;
• correction of stuttering, tempo-rhythmic disorders;
• restoration of voice in paresis and paralysis of the larynx;
• prevention of voice disorders for individuals of speech professions.

THE PURPOSE OF DIAGNOSTIC CONSULTATION

• identification, risk control and management for people of voice and speech professions;
• identification of risk factors in social and professional activities and their influence on the adaptation of the human body to micro and macro society;
• creation of individual plan of medical and psycho-socio-pedagogical support (correction / rehabilitation).

THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE

At the first lesson, the initial complex express-diagnostics is carried out and the reason, and then a further plan of correction/ complex rehabilitation is discussed.

Speech therapist (if the patient wants) based on obtained data issues a written opinion about speech problems specifics and recommendations for their further improvement.

Speech therapy classes, depending on the disorders include: breathing, articulation and voice gymnastics; massage of organs of articulation; practical exercises; psychological and speech trainings, game tasks.

Diagnostic study is conducted individually in the form of conversation for 1-2 visits of 45-90 minutes each (depending on the diagnosis).

Diagnostics combines the traditional techniques and innovative objectified technologies covering the most significant areas of higher human mental functions for neuropsychological and psychosomatic status providing visibility, objectivity and validity of the interpretation of the obtained results.

FORM OF TRAINING::

- individual;
- groups (2-3 people)
- trainings