The objective of logopaedic rehabilitation at Villa Melitta

Logopaedia is an inter-disciplinary science that combines medical, pedagogical and psychological techniques and knowledge. The science focuses on defects of speech, language, communication, the cognitive environment, the voice and the swallow reflex. Logopaedic therapies are used for patients of all ages.

Logopaedic treatment in children and adolescents

When patients are still growing, the focus is on treating defects in language, learning (dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia), swallowing and speaking. The therapy is provided on the recommendation of a specialist (linguistic pathologist, child psychiatrist or adolescent psychiatrist). In many cases, collaboration with adult psychologists, child psychologists and adolescent psychologists, the patient’s teachers and other people involved in the rehabilitation process is necessary and can have a decisive influence over the outcome of the therapy.

Logopaedic treatment in adults

With adult and elderly patients, the focus is on treating defects of speech, language and swallowing. Villa Melitta is one of the facilities in the province of Bolzano which offer a programme for the improvement of the hearing faculties of patients who begin wearing a hearing aid. To this end, close collaboration between the audiologist, the otoiatric technician (an expert on hearing aids) and the supplier.