Therapies

Find Your Voice: Speech Language Therapy Can Help

Struggling to be understood or express yourself clearly? Don't let communication hold you back. Our expert speech therapy sessions, led by licensed professionals, can help you achieve your goals.

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Speech-Language Therapy: Improving Communication

Speech-language therapy, also known as speech therapy, is a treatment that helps people improve their communication skills. It can address a variety of challenges, including:

  • Difficulty speaking clearly (articulation problems)
  • Problems understanding language
  • Delays in language development
  • Stuttering
  • Voice disorders
  • Difficulty swallowing

A speech-language pathologist (SLP) conducts therapy sessions, which can involve:

  • Exercises to improve sound production and pronunciation
  • Activities to build vocabulary and grammar skills
  • Techniques to enhance fluency and reduce stuttering
  • Strategies to strengthen the muscles used for speaking and swallowing
  • Voice disorders
  • Difficulty swallowing
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Auditory-Verbal Therapy: Listening and Speaking for Hearing Impaired Children

Auditory-verbal therapy (AVT) is a specialized intervention program designed to help hard-of-hearing children develop spoken language skills. It emphasizes listening and auditory development as the foundation for communication.

Here are some key points about AVT:

  • Focus on Listening: Unlike some speech therapy approaches, AVT prioritizes training children to listen and interpret sounds through hearing aids or cochlear implants.
  • Family-Centered: Parents actively participate in AVT sessions, learning techniques to support their child's listening and speaking development throughout daily routines.
  • Early Intervention: AVT is most effective when started early, during a child's critical language development window.
  • Spoken Language Goals: The aim of AVT is for children to achieve spoken language skills comparable to their hearing peers.
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