Geriatrie Speech and Language Disorders

As the elderly census rising in the world, most of the developed and developing countries are engaged with implementation of many different geriatric programs in their governing agendas. As such increament includes Iran as well, Therefore providing many social, educational and economical programs which all must focus upon the elderlies well living style are considered crucial. Preserving the speech and language capablities are significant in elderlies communication with their environmental world. As they enable in more precise communication, get able to resolve their specific needs and even bring at ease many of their specific problems. Speech and language pathologists are assumed to be familiar with the anatomical, neuroanatomical and functional changes which normally occurring during eldarly periods. Evaluations of such decline in respect to proper diagnosis of any speech and language disorder, provides a proper planning in rehabilitational remedies in any possible geriatric speech and language disorders.