Mouwasat Hospital in Dammam has established its new Phoniatric Department To increase its primary and secondary specialties, , Phoniatric department is covering problems related to communication , swallowing & educational disorders , with a promising vision to reduce their impacts on patients joy of life in talking & eating ,with subsequent impairment in performance and mental health.
Phoniatric Department in Mouwasat Hospital in Dammam provides diagnostic and treating to all segments of the society, including infants , children, adults, and elders as well.
The well-equipped Phoniatric Department services cover the following cases:
- Brain damage with motor deficit affecting speech & swallowing
- Hearing impairments.
- Pervasive developmental disorders (Attention deficit, Hyper active &Autism spectrum disorders).
- Early diagnosis of voice disorders & Cancer of vocal Folds and larynx.
- Swallowing disorders.
- Speech problems linked with neuromuscular disorders.
- Aphasia & dysphasia
- Educational disability (Dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia).
- Dysfunction of the vocal folds.
- Stuttering and stammering.
- Psychiatric disorders affecting the speech & voice (Selective mutism & functional aphonia),
Mouwasat Hospital in Dammam has equipped Phoniatric Department with state-of-the-art medical supplies and equipment, including:
- Mobile or fixed digital swallowing workstation to investigate, diagnose & treat the following cases:
- Swallowing problems among infants, children and adults.
- Efficient double channel' endoscopes for therapeutic injections and samples from larynx and pharynx.
- Examining Velopharyngeal dysfunction in order to treat all cases of rhinolalia, including: rhinolalia aperta and rhinolalia clausa, and all cases of cleft palate.
- Laryngeal telescope with stroboscopic light for examining laryngeal diseases., early detection of laryngeal tumors, and differentiate between functional and organic lesions.
- Computerized speech Laboratory for voice analysis for diagnosing and treating voice and speech diseases.
- Nasometer device for evaluating and treating nasalance changes,in cleft palate, and dysarthria.
- Visi-Pitch device for therapeutic visual auditory feed back Acoustic for measuring voice output through analysis of pitch, volume, and prosody (rate, rhythm, intonation) during speaking in speech & voice therapeutic sessions.
- Specialized psycho-linguistic Arabic test
- Augmentative Assistive non verbal Arabic computerized soft wares tasks for training and assisting patients with Hearing speech disabilities, swallowing & learning disorders for therapy and it is also used as a mean for alternative communication for patients with aphasia, dysphasia, brain injuries, and cochlear implants as well .
