Speech Therapy

When would someone need to see a Speech Therapist?

• Developmental Speech Delay
• Cleft Palate
• Developmental Language Delay
• Autism
• Stuttering Problems in children or adults
• Apraxia
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Dysarthria
• Articulation Disorders

  

• Stroke Rehabilitation
• Vocal Disorders of Intensity, Pitch, Laryngectomy and/or Resonance
• Cerebral Palsy
• Hypo or Hyper Oral Sensitivity
• Down's Syndrome
• Central Auditory Processing Disorders
• Dementia
• Augmentative Communication Training

Speech Therapy treatment procedures may include:

• Oral Sensory and Motor Exercises
• Vocabulary Development
• Communication Aid Training
• Sound Discrimination
• Phonological Processes
• Development of Pragmatics
• Problem Solving
• Play Therapy

  

• Parent Training and Counseling
• Postural Techniques and Swallow Maneuvers 

Adult Patients:

(Stroke, Head Injury etc)

• Remediation of articulation disorders
• Remediation of language disorders due to loss of speech/language
• Remediation of swallowing disorders
• Remediation of voice disorders
• Maximum use of communication skills through use of assistive communication devices

Pediatric Patients:

• Development of articulation
• Remediation of articulation disorders
• Remediation of language disorders due to delayed language acquisition
• Remediation of stuttering disorders
• Maximum use of communication skills through use of assistive communication devices
• Parental training