At Sunway Medical Centre Penang, our Speech Therapy Department offers specialized assessment and management for individuals facing speech, language, communication, and swallowing challenges. We provide tailored care for both children and adults, addressing a wide range of conditions to improve their quality of life.
Our Services Include:
For Children:
- Language Delay: Helping children develop age-appropriate language skills.
- Stuttering or Disfluency: Managing interruptions in speech fluency.
- Speech Sound or Articulation Disorders: Improving clarity and pronunciation.
- Language Impairments Related to Autism, Global Developmental Delay, ADHD, etc.: Supporting communication development in neurodivergent children.
- Social Communication Difficulties: Enhancing interaction and social skills.
- Selective Mutism: Assisting children who are unable to speak in specific social situations.
For Adults:
- Stuttering or Dysfluency: Providing strategies to improve fluency.
- Social Communication and Cognitive Communication Disorders: Supporting communication affected by cognitive challenges or brain injuries.
- Swallowing Difficulties (Dysphagia): Managing and rehabilitating swallowing disorders to ensure safe and efficient feeding.
- Motor Speech Disorders (e.g., Slurred Speech, Dysarthria, Apraxia): Improving speech clarity and control.
- Language and Communication Impairment (Aphasia): Helping regain language skills lost due to stroke or neurological conditions.
- Voice Problems: Addressing issues such as hoarseness, harshness, breathy voice, or pitch breaks to restore vocal quality.
Our skilled speech therapists are dedicated to creating personalized therapy plans, ensuring each patient receives the care and support they need to thrive.