Adriana De Filippis. Her illustrious and determined contribution to the foundation, development and growth of speech and language therapy in Italy and Europe
Maria Giovanna Leotta, Enrica Veronesi
Adriana De Filippis was one of the leading figures in speech and language therapy in Italy. Head of the Speech and Language Therapy Service of Milan’s Audiology Institute from 1970 to the early Nineties, she then took the helm of the CTLA Speech and Language Therapy Centre in Milan until 2013. For over 35 years she taught Speech and Language Therapy at the University of Milan and trained a considerable number of speech and language therapists who now work all over Italy. She was creator of Cognitive Oralism and the dissemination of her method gave thousands of individuals with hearing impairments the possibility to addend a normal school. Rehabilitator of a broad spectrum of language pathologies, she published numerous books which became university textbooks and practical manuals. Promoter of associations and of the Italian Federation of Speech and Language Therapists, member of CPLOL, author of articles, teacher of training courses and director of university master’s courses, for over 45 years she always managed to faithfully marry her scientific and clinical work. The authors Maria Giovanna Leotta and Enrica Veronesi, who spent long periods of their career (from 1993 to 2007 and from 1983 to 2013 respectively) working with her on several of her many initiatives, can attest to her invaluable contribution and her absolute dedication to the profession.
Keywords
Speach and Language Therapy, Cognitive Oralism, Cochlear implant, Federazione Logopedisti Italiani.