Speech Therapy
Speech Therapy Relies on Proven Techniques
We offer speech therapy to assist patients with establishing greater control over speaking, literacy, and language skills. We help teach you the ability to understand words spoken to you (receptive language) and elicit words/strategies to express yourself (expressive language).
Speech Therapy can be offered in your home if you are physically unable to travel to our facility.
Whether they’re meeting you at home or in our center, our therapists draw on a number of proven techniques to create the right plan for each patient.
Some of the techniques we use include:
V.O.I.C.E. Therapy establishing home programs to utilize during everyday life.as well as in therapy, to ensure proper vocal hygiene to reduce vocal fold abuse which may cause rough, breathy, or raspy voice tones of voice.
Speech Therapy helps patients whose daily lives are impaired by:
- Abnormal neurological conditions
- Apraxia of Speech
- Autism
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cleft lip or palate
- Drug or alcohol abuse
- Hearing impairment
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Stroke
- Amyotrophic Laterals Sclerosis (ALS)\
- Down’s Syndrome
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Common types of speech disorders include:
- Aphasia
- Articulation Disorder
- Phonological Disorder
- Cognitive Difficulties/Impairment
- Dysarthria
- Apraxia
- Dysprosody
- Echolalia
- Language Disorders
- Voice Disorders
- Spasmodic Dysphonia
- Literacy Difficulties
- Fluency/Stuttering