speech therapy

Speech Therapy

Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) evaluate, diagnose, and treat communication disorders that cause children to have difficulty understanding others or expressing themselves. Our trained SLP helps build a child’s confidence by improving their communication skills.

AREAS THAT SLPs CAN ADDRESS, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

  • Hearing:

    SLPs treat communication deficits related to hearing disorders. Hearing disorders may impact the development, comprehension, or production of speech or language.

  • Fluency:

    A fluency disorder is any interruption in the forward flow of speech. Interruptions can include repetitions, prolongations, interjections, and blocks. There are two types of fluency disorders—stuttering and cluttering.

  • Voice and Resonance:

    A voice disorder includes any disturbance in pitch, loudness, or quality. A resonance disorder is a disturbance in how the airflow is shaped as it moves through the mouth and nose.

  • Cognition:

    Cognitive communication disorders can include difficulty with attention, problem solving, speed of thinking, verbal and visuospatial working memory, organization, declarative learning, and executive functions.

  • Articulation:

    An articulation disorder is characterized by difficulty making speech sounds. Sounds may be replaced by another sound (substitution), left off (deleted), or changed, or a different sound may be added. These changes may make it difficult for other people to understand the speaker.

  • Social Aspects of Communication:

    Social aspects may include difficulty with social interaction, social cognition, orpragmatics. Pragmatics involves using language in social situations, including using language for different purposes, changing language based on the listener’s needs, and following conversational rules.

  • Receptive & Expressive Language:

    Language includes the ability to understand others (receptive language) and express oneself (expressive language) using spoken, written, or symbol systems. SLPs also treat auditory processing disorders (APD), also known as central auditory processing disorders.

  • Communication Modalities:

    This area includes augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). AAC can include different systems, such as picture systems, gestures, manual signs, or speech-generating devices. Thesesystems can be used to support existing speech or as a replacement for non-functional speech.

“Everybody deserve a voice”