{"id":121,"date":"2019-02-28T18:37:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T18:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fueldev.site\/~carolina\/speech-swallowing\/"},"modified":"2019-02-28T18:37:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T18:37:08","slug":"speech-swallowing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carolinaearnosethroat.com\/speech-swallowing\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech & Swallowing"},"content":{"rendered":"
As children grow, there are certain milestones parents look forward to, such as crawling, walking and speaking. By their first birthday, most children know a word or two; at 18 months, their vocabulary should consist of five to\u00a020 words and include simple two-word sentences. But these are rough guidelines. Every child progresses at a different…<\/p>\n
Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Speech disorders occur when a patient (typically a child) has trouble producing certain sounds. They can be broken down into different categories depending on the nature of the problem. Speech disorders include: Articulation disorders.\u00a0The patient has\u00a0trouble with certain syllables\u00a0or pronounces words incorrectly to such an extent that it is extremely difficult to understand what is…<\/p>\n Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n When you swallow, you are chewing food and moving it to the esophagus, a tube that connects to the stomach. Dysphagia, the medical term for difficulty swallowing, is characterized by the sensation of food or liquid getting stuck in the throat or chest. There are numerous factors that can cause swallowing difficulty, most of them…<\/p>\nSpeech Therapy<\/a><\/h2>\n
Swallowing Disorders<\/a><\/h2>\n