In that famous film, the contender to the throne George VI suffered from dysphemia, better known as stuttering, and this called into question his leadership abilities. So, he decided to seek help and the person who helped him was a speech therapist.
That’s right, ‘The King’s Speech’ showed the real case of Lionel Logue, the Australian therapist who helped this British monarch to overcome their problems and regain self-esteem.
What is speech therapy?
The Royal Spanish Academy defines speech therapy as the discipline that deals especially with speech and hearing disorders that affect human communication.
For its part, in more specialized terms, the La Salle Functional Rehabilitation Institute explains that “speech therapy or speech therapy is the discipline in charge of the study, prevention, detection, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and investigation of pathologies, disorders or difficulties that occur with alterations in some aspect of human communication.”
This means that they treat alterations such as: speech, voice, language comprehension and myofunctional disorders (such as chewing, breathing, among other aspects).
What does a speech therapist do and where does he or she work?
“Speech therapists aim to improve the health and quality of life of people with language and communication pathologies.. But we also make it possible for people to swallow, drink or breathe safely, to be able to produce sounds with their voices or understand written language, among other functions of human communication and swallowing,” stated Dr. Alfonso Igualada, in the blog from the Open University of Catalonia.
Furthermore, it is important to clarify that a speech therapist practices mainly in these three areas: health, educational and social.
Now you know who to turn to if you have problems communicating; The speech therapist is the answer.
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