Communication Disorders Speech People may have speech disorders causing intelligibility problems.
Some physical difficulties are serious enough to leave a person with limited means of communication.
Speech-language therapists are specialists in human communication, its development and its disorders. With their help and care most communication disorders needn't have such an impact on the individual and the community. Speech-language therapist working with a group of adolescents using augmentative communication aids. Speech-language therapist assessing a stroke patient. The ability to communicate is our most human characteristic.