Speech Therapy: Recreating Your Senses by Maria Consuelo Passos

A Revolutionary Approach to Speech Therapy

In her groundbreaking book, "Speech Therapy: Recreating Your Senses," renowned speech therapist Maria Consuelo Passos presents a revolutionary approach to helping individuals with speech disorders. Drawing on her extensive experience and research, Passos argues that traditional speech therapy methods often fall short in addressing the underlying causes of speech problems. Instead, she proposes a holistic approach that focuses on recreating the senses involved in speech production.

Understanding the Senses and Speech

Speech is a complex process that involves the coordination of multiple senses, including hearing, vision, touch, and proprioception (the sense of body position). When these senses are impaired or underdeveloped, it can lead to a variety of speech disorders, such as stuttering, dysarthria, and apraxia of speech.

Passos explains that traditional speech therapy methods often focus on correcting the outward symptoms of these disorders, such as improving articulation or fluency. While these methods can be helpful, they often fail to address the underlying sensory issues that are causing the problems in the first place.

Recreating the Senses

Passos' approach to speech therapy involves recreating the senses involved in speech production. This is done through a variety of exercises and activities that stimulate the senses and help to strengthen the neural pathways that connect them.

For example, individuals with hearing impairments may benefit from exercises that involve listening to different sounds and identifying them. Those with vision impairments may benefit from exercises that involve looking at objects and describing them in detail. And those with proprioception impairments may benefit from exercises that involve moving their bodies in different ways and feeling the sensations that result.

The Benefits of Sensory-Based Speech Therapy

Passos' sensory-based speech therapy approach has been shown to be effective in improving speech production in individuals with a variety of speech disorders. Some of the benefits of this approach include:

• Improved articulation
• Increased fluency
• Reduced stuttering
• Enhanced prosody (the rhythm, intonation, and stress of speech)
• Improved overall communication skills

A Comprehensive Guide to Speech Therapy

"Speech Therapy: Recreating Your Senses" is a comprehensive guide to Passos' revolutionary approach to speech therapy. The book includes detailed instructions for conducting sensory-based speech therapy exercises, as well as case studies of individuals who have successfully benefited from this approach.

This book is an essential resource for speech therapists, educators, and anyone else who works with individuals with speech disorders. It offers a new and effective way to help people improve their speech and communication skills.

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