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SPEHCH THERAPY,
The past year has again been a busy one for the Speech
Therapy Department

Thus while the total number of children under treatment
has remained stable, there has been a wide turnover
of cases.
The frequency of the various types of speech defect
has shown little variation and the percentages encountered
are as shown below
%
(1) Dyslalia Missing or missing out of consonants 48,6
(2) Stammering 15.4
(3) Developmental aphasia - Delayed or absent speech 20.5
(4) Dysarthria - Defects due to disorders of the
muscles of articulation 11.7
(5) Aphasia associated with mental deficiency 3.7
(6) Disorder arising from deafness .5
Parents generally are less critical of their children s
speech than are other people and a large number of new
case referrals are still received from teachers. Many of
these children have never spoken well and could have at
least begun treatment before reaching school age. Some
defects in fact can be entirely eliminated before the
child starts school thus obviating the need for regular
absences in order to attend clinics.
In general any child aged three years and six months
whose speech does not seem entirely normal for his age