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Long time no see!

I just wanted to stop by and tell you that I am officially a certified SLP now! The equivalent of CCC-SLP in sweden (legitimerad logoped).

I have been through hell and back fighting for this. So many years and I am finally done! 🥳

It's finally spring! I'm sitting on the balcony studying voice and stuttering.

#studying #speech pathology #speechie #speech language pathology

Have you ever tried a “speech jammer”?

There are several apps called “speech jammers” that plays the sound of your speech back at a small delay. When you wear earphones and hear your own voice delayed as you speak it often makes speaking really difficult and slow. It’s fun! You should try it!

But is there a practical use for this? YES! The more technical term for this is Delayed Auditory Feedback, or DAF. Some people that stutter find that the delay helps decrease their stuttering. A DAF device looks like a hearing aid and is worn on only in one ear. It plays the speech back to the speaker at a delay between 50-75 milliseconds. These devices are not a substitute for regular stuttering therapy, but can sometimes be a good supplement to some patients.

#Speech and Language Pathology #stuttering #slpeeps #stammering #Speech Therapy

Consonant cluster cards in the making! I have a TON of other things to do. I am procrastinating and trying to justify it by doing something SLP-related...

#speech language pathology #speechie #speech pathology #studyblr

About multilingual children

I am often asked by parents of multilingual children if they should be worried about their kids and their language development. In most cases, I can reassure the parents that what they are describing seems to be typical of multilingual language acquisition (I am always open with “only” being a student yet, and tell them to get a referral to an SLP if they are worried).

HOWEVER: it's the parents that DON’T ask that worry me. Not to mention preschool teachers. There is a massive misconception and myth that multilingual acquisition is slower than monolingual. Therefore, a lot of multilingual kiddos are referred to SLPs WAY later than they should. I have had 4 yo children not be able to name simple objects like pencils, chairs and farm animals, a 3 yo who barely spoke a single word in either language and so on.

All SLPs that I have asked about this share this view: multilingual children are referred to us later than they should simply because of this myth. So what is true?

Multilingual acquisition is NOT slower. Actually, multilingual children often know more words than their peers if you add all of their languages together. Therefore, it may seem like they learn slower if you only look at one language at the time.

Does the child have siblings/cousins/friends that are also multilingual that you can compare with? Evidence of developmental language disorder is present in all the languages the kid speaks. If a multilingual child has a significantly slower acquisition than their peers you should see an SLP about it.

#multilingual #bilingual #speech language pathology #developmental language disorder

Types of aphasia

Last day of summer!

Pretending to study for tomorrow atm...

New school year starting!

I’m halfway into my education. Another two more years left :) Neurology is on the schedule, and I am excited!

#speech language pathology #speech pathology #neurology

Swallowing: the epiglottis and aspiration

THE EPIGLOTTIS The epiglottis is a piece of mucous membrane covered cartilage that bends down when we swallow to protect the larynx (voice box) and trachea (windpipe) beneath it when we swallow. It closes off the airways, and the esophagus opens up to take care of the food and drink we swallowed. But the epiglottis is NOT a tight lid that completely closes the airways. Like one of my professors once said:

“The epiglottis is kind of like wearing a baseball cap in a heavy rainfall”

In other words: the baseball cap/epiglottis does keep your kinda dry, but you’re gonna need more than just the epiglottis to keep the stuff you swallow from going down your windpipe. Luckily, our bodies are awesome and does other things like closing the true vocal cords, false vocal cords and aryepiglottic folds to keep food/drink out of the trachea. (as you may have guessed, this post is really just a lousy excuse for me to post my stupid paint-drawing of the epiglottis wearing a baseball cap...)

#speech pathology #studyblr #swallowing #bad drawing #medicine

Nothing says "studying for final exam" quite like - coffee at 9 pm - having the tv on in the background while studying is considered taking a break Also: i have barely left my apartment for a week and should probably eat something else than just yoghurt/fruits...

#studyblr #final exams #speech pathology #coffee

SLP, tea and lit candles

In other words: a perfect autumn afternoon 🍁

(I absolutely LOVE my major. Can you tell?🤓)

#studyblr #studyspo #speech language pathology #speech pathology #slp #candles #tea #reading #cozy #autumn

Drunk people speaking sign language

Not too long ago I was on a train quite late at night going home from work, and two obviously drunk people get on the train.

I was sitting 5-10 meters away from them and I was listening to music so I couldn't hear what they were saying, but then I realized that they were speaking sign language and I had not even been able to tell that it was actually sign language because they were "slurring" so bad because they had been drinking.

So yeah, that's the day I learned that slurring your words in sign language when drunk is a thing. It should perhaps have been obvious, but it just never occurred to me as a hearing non-sign language speaking person.

#sign language #slp #how did i not realise this before #idk just wanted to share