Speech therapy for multiple sclerosis

A speech-language pathologist (SLP) can assess specific difficulties and recommend individualized exercises, strategies, or assistive communication tools to improve communication and help maintain independence. Speech therapy can help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) manage changes in speech, voice, swallowing, and communication.

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Speech therapy can help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) manage changes in speech, voice, swallowing, and communication.

A speech-language pathologist (SLP) can assess specific difficulties and recommend individualized exercises, strategies, or assistive communication tools to improve communication and help maintain independence.

Nearly 40%-50% of people with MS experience speech difficulties, which are caused predominantly by damage […]

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Speech therapy can help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) manage changes in speech, voice, swallowing, and communication. A speech-language pathologist (SLP) can assess specific difficulties and recommend individualized exercises, strategies, or assistive communication tools to improve communication and help maintain independence. Nearly 40%-50% of people with MS experience speech difficulties, which are caused predominantly by damage […]

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