Dr. Suhair Ahmed Al Naji

Suhair has more than 14 years’ experience in speech and language pathology in children and adults, including nine years that she spent in Saudi Arabia specialising in the rehabilitation of disorders resulting from neurological disease. Since 2012, Suhair has lived and worked in Al Ain, where she joined Modern International Centre for Speech, and later moved to Zayed Higher Organization, Bedaya Centre and Amana Healthcare Medical Hospital.

She participated for four years in the Assessment and Treatment Unit (ARU), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) as a consultant in pathology and speech where she trained students on assessment procedures, implementation of treatment plans and case supervision.

Core competencies

• Dysphagia management, voice disorder and swallowing difficulties
• Treating adults and children with a loss of speech ability, aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria, dysphonia, secondary cognitive deficit of stroke, TBI, dyslexia, autism, ADHD, hearing loss
• Providing treatment programmes and counselling to patients’ families

Education

Bachelor in Audiology / Speech and Language Pathology