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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

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) 36 3 Efficacy_moderate
Other 12 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Voice changes 12 3 Efficacy_moderate
Slurred speech 10 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Soft voice 8 3 Efficacy_major
Swallowing difficulty (dysphagia) 7 4 Efficacy_major

See all 80 patients currently going to Speech / Language Therapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 29

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently going to Speech / Language Therapy. See all 37 dosages ►

  1 hr monthly 1 hr weekly 2 hr weekly 1 hr daily 30 min weekly 45 min weekly 60 min weekly 90 min weekly 120 min weekly 240 min weekly
  4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 7 Number of Patients: 7 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 9 Number of Patients: 9 7 Number of Patients: 7 7 Number of Patients: 7 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Speech / Language Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 38   Course of treatment ended: 75%
Other 9   Other: 18%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 8%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 8%
Expense 3   Expense: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 2%

See all 49 patients who’ve stopped going to Speech / Language Therapy

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Going to Speech / Language Therapy

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

Stopped Going to Speech / Language Therapy

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Speech / Language Therapy

Always
 12 41%
Usually
 12 41%
Sometimes
 4 14%
Never
 1 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Speech / Language Therapy

Very
 3 10%
Somewhat
 6 21%
A little
 10 34%
Not at all
 10 34%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Speech / Language Therapy

$200+
 5 28%
$100-199
 2 11%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 6%
< $25
 9 50%

Report created on February 12, 2012.