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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

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

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Slow my ALS progress 8 33%
Other 6 25%
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 0.03333 hr month 0.14286 hr week 0.28572 hr week 1 hr day
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 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
1
0
2
5
1
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
1
1
1
1
2
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Speech / Language Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 6 86% Course of treatment ended: 86%
Did not seem to work 1 14% Did not seem to work: 14%


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