Regain your speech confidence with online speech therapy for dysarthria

Dysarthria can make speaking clearly difficult, but help is available. At Expressable, our expert speech therapists provide online therapy designed to improve speech clarity and communication skills. Whether it's for yourself or a loved one, we're here to help. Get matched with a speech therapist today and take the first step toward clearer speech.

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Dysarthria and speech therapy at Expressable

Understanding dysarthria

Dysarthria is a speech disorder caused by weakness or difficulty controlling the muscles used for speaking. It can make speech slurred, slow, or hard to understand. Dysarthria is often the result of neurological conditions like stroke, brain injury, or illnesses that affect the nervous system, but speech therapy can help improve communication.

Causes of dysarthria

Dysarthria occurs when the brain is unable to properly send signals to the muscles involved in speech. This may be due to strokes, brain injuries, or conditions like Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, or ALS. The severity of dysarthria depends on the extent of the muscle weakness or loss of control.

Types of dysarthria

There are different types of dysarthria, depending on which muscles or part of the brain is affected. For example, spastic dysarthria leads to slow, effortful speech, while flaccid dysarthria can cause weak, breathy speech. Each type requires specific therapy techniques to target the affected muscles and improve speech clarity.

Living with dysarthria

Dysarthria can affect everyday communication, making it hard to express yourself or be understood by others. While the condition can be challenging, speech therapy offers a way to improve speech and regain confidence. With the right support, many individuals with dysarthria achieve clearer, more effective communication.

How speech therapy can help dysarthria

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Speech therapy focuses on improving muscle strength and control to help you speak more clearly. Through targeted exercises and techniques, our therapists help reduce slurring and improve speech clarity, making communication easier in everyday life.

How our dysarthria program works

When you extend speech therapy learning and practice into everyday life, you'll make faster progress. We built our client portal to make it easy to do just that.

THE PROGRAM INCLUDES:

: Your speech therapist will choose from a variety of standardized or norm-referenced tests, informal measures (such as checklists and screeners), and client and caregiver/family input, for your evaluation. They may assess your ability to be understood by listeners, as well as how you produce speech sounds in words and sentences. The results will be used to develop a personalized care plan for your treatment, which typically includes 2 sessions per week.
: Review and reinforce the communication strategies that you're learning, such as verbal cues, visual cues, and altering the communication environment.
: Our experts demonstrate techniques for clear communication, such as strengthening your speech muscles to improve your overall intelligibility and increasing your breathing support for louder speech.
: Your speech therapist will assign easy ways to practice communication strategies during your everyday routines and social interactions.
: Get tips, support, and answers to questions from your speech therapist between sessions.