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Brand Names: VocaStim Voice Stimulator

What is Speech / Language Therapy? Speech pathology, also termed speech-language pathology and speech & language therapy (SLT, mainly in the UK) is the study of disorders that affect a person's speech, language, voice disorders and swallowing disorders. Read more...Click to read more below


Reasons Taken

23 patients in the community are taking or have taken Speech / Language Therapy.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Slow my ALS progress 8 34%
Other 6 26%
General health 2 8%
disease-related symptoms 1 4%
Stiffness/spasticity 1 4%
Fasciculations 1 4%
Slurred speech 1 4%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Speech / Language Therapy.

  0 hr day 0 hr week 1 hr month 1 hr week 2 hr week 1 hr day
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Speech / Language Therapy or how long patients were taking Speech / Language Therapy before stopping.

Currently taking Speech / Language Therapy

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
2
6
2
2

Stopped taking Speech / Language Therapy

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
0
2
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Speech / Language Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 5 100% Course of treatment ended: 100%


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