Speech Therapy

Speech Therapy

Speech Therapy includes:

• • Dysarthria – Improve an individual’s ability to produce speech sounds when muscle weakness or discoordination impact intelligibility.
  • Apraxia – Improve an individual’s ability to produce speech sounds when there is an inability or compromised ability to execute the motor movements.
  • Voice Disorders – Improve an individual’s harsh, hoarse, raspy voice quality as the result of overuse/abuse, nodules, or degenerative diseases.
  • Language delay/disorders – Improve an individual’s ability to express ideas or understand the speech of others.
  • Neurogenic Disorders – Improve the communication abilities of individuals who are experiencing or have experienced
  • Traumatic Brain Injury, Aphasia, Parkinson’s, ALS, etc.
  • Fluency/Stuttering – Improve an individual’s ability to produce fluent speech.
  • Auditory Processing Disorders – Improve an individual’s ability to process/understand speech and language.
  • Aural Rehabilitation – Improve the communication abilities of individuals with hearing loss – Hearing Aids and/or Cochlear Implants.
  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication Therapy- therapy targeted at providing supplements (pictures, sign language, communication devices) to speech to aide in expressing wants, thoughts and needs.
  • Feeding and Swallowing Therapy- therapy targeted at improving swallowing function and overall safety during mealtime.