Speech development occurs naturally from the birth. But at present it has become a common phenomenon. There is no certain cause behind the disorder. Both the children and the adults are vulnerable to speech disorder. There are several speech disorders like dysarthria, apraxia, stuttering hearing problem, and many more. Numerous research and studies had been done earlier over the issue. Only speech therapy can help to solve the disorder. You need to fix the problem consulting with a speech pathologist. Once the problem is fixed, the therapist will advise you, or simply you can go through the following basic therapeutic tips to minimise the disorder.

Dysarthria Exercises

Dysarthria cause problem while speaking. It weakens the jaw muscles. To improve dysarthria, mimic movement is the best. It basically occurs for multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy. Movement of eyebrows, lips and different facial expression can help you overcome the problem.

Apraxia Prevention

Apraxia occurs when the speech-related portion of the brain gets damaged. People have difficulty in producing speech using syllables. Slowing down the pace of speech is the best solution for the people suffering with the disorder. Slow pace of the speech helps the people to apprehend the syllables clearly.

Pronunciation

At times both children and adults fail to pronounce certain letters like D, L, M, T, K, Y etc. You can train them over pronouncing the words with some exercise which need lip movement. For instance, you can teach the word, M, placing your finger on your lips. Ask the child to repeat the process again and again.

Repetition

Repetition is one of the effective ways to improve speech disorder. It motivates the trainees (children or adults) to use a specific word amid their regular conversation. Repetition of a word helps to create a permanent impression over the sound on the mind. Repetition also helps to remove stuttering. It improves the listening skill. When a person or child repeats the same word, after a certain stage s/he will be able to pronounce the word correctly. 

Vocabulary

An increased vocabulary helps to improve from the speech disorder. You can increase the vocabulary of the child or the adult. Reciting a poem, reading a short story etc. are the means of increasing vocabulary. Make a certain word familiar to them each time you recite. Simply you can perform the recitation on their bed before sleeping every day.

Memory Sharpening

A sharp memory can help prevent the speech disorder to a great level. So try to finetune the memories of the people (or children) suffering from the disorders. Let them memorise a long verse of any poem and later recite the whole thing continuously.

Raise Conversational Skill

To improve the speech disorder, you have to grow the conversational skill inside the people (or children). Note over the answering mode. If they answer only by ‘Yes' or ‘No', it is time to train them up in answering by full sentences always.

Focus on Interest

You should focus on the subject if interest while training to improve the disorder. It is another excellent way to bring them in track. Let them think and talk over their interest and hobbies or other pertain subjects. It opens the faculty of thinking and thus they can make sentences and express themselves eloquently.

Add some Games

To improve the skill, you can supplement the process with some games. There are several games structured for speech improvement. You can get games like Trouble board game, Guess Who, Original Memory game, Go Fish and many more.