ASSESSMENT OF SPEECH & LANGUAGE
SPEECH: The production of the appropriate movements of lips, tongue, palate, vocal cords & respiratory muscles to cause appropriate sounds.
EXAMINATION OF PATIENT WITH DYSPHASIA
Ø Is patient Right (or) Left handed
Ø Education (reading, writing, foreign tongues)
Ø Is he deaf on one (or) both sides
Ø Can he recognizes ordinary sounds & noises
Ø Is he attempt to answer a question
Ø Is spontaneous speech fluent
Ø Does he recognizes written speech
Ø Can he Name at sight words, letters, numerical & objects
Ø Can he match an object with its Name