Speech Disorders in World War II: V. Organization of a Speech Clinic in an Army General Hospital

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Abstract
Special units in an army general hospital that serve efficiently will depend upon the following factors: An interested neurologist or neurosurgeon; a well-trained supporting medical staff; properly qualified speech pathologist, psychologist, occupational and physical therapists; a satisfactory, workable, yet simple, classification to include dysphasia, dysarthria, dysphernia, dysphonia, and dyslalia; methods of examination must be sufficiently graded and standardized for all individual needs, to allow for a wide variety of performance, to compare results and to aid in determining prognosis; adequate equipment and laboratory facilities must be available; detailed and frequent records must be maintained; centralization of all patients on one ward with strategic location of all associated therapies; specific speech therapy must be coordinated with a well-functioning daily reconditioning program.

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