Articulation / Phonology

Therapy to correct substitutions, omissions and distortions of speech sounds (e.g. wing/ring)

APRAXIA

Patients with movement "planning" difficulties for speech production, undergo instruction and structured therapy designed to improve consistency of coordination for speech.

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Pervasive developmental disorders and Asperger Syndrome

AUDITORY PROCESSING

Instruction provided to improve skills and develop compensatory strategies in the areas of auditory discrimination and comprehension, memory, selective attention, perception and sound-symbol relationships. Central Auditory Processing

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Develop and instruct alternative communication modes (e.g., sign language, communication books and electronic devices).

orofacial myology

Instruction provided on proper tongue placement during swallowing and at rest, to retain proper dental alignment.

LANGUAGE DELAY

Intervention to provide stimulation for increasing the development of vocabulary, grammar or cognitive skills required to express and understand thoughts and ideas.

literacy

Instruct and develop phonological awareness, sound-letter recognition, decoding, vocabulary, grammar, syntax, word recognition, paragraph and listening comprehension

stuttering/fluency

Strategies are taught to correct the interruption in the flow or rhythm of speech.

Voice

Specific exercises are assigned for patients to adjust inappropriate pitch and loudness levels or to improve vocal quality (e.g. hoarseness, breathiness, nasality).

APHASIA

Following the loss or reduction of language skills due to brain injury, usually post-stroke, patient is assisted with developing functional communication skills. 

HEAD INJURY/COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS

Implement procedures to improve the patient's cognitive-communication impairments-to improve memory skills, attending behaviors, language-based problem solving skills.

LARYNGECTOMY

Counsel both patient and family preoperatively and follow the patient and family postoperatively. Voice prosthesis and other forms of alaryngeal speaking are considered for each patient on an individual basis.

DYSARTHRIA

For patients with decreased speech due to reduced control of oral motor movements: Exercises are provided to improve speed, strength, range or coordination of oral musculature.