Empowering Your Journey:
Our Adult Services
Welcome to our Adult Services page. Our specialized services are tailored to meet the unique needs of adults facing communication and swallowing challenges, whether due to neurological conditions, injuries, or other health issues. We offer thorough evaluations and individualized treatment plans, focusing on rehabilitating skills and improving quality of life. Below, we provide an overview of areas where we deliver care and support, aimed at empowering adults to achieve their goals and navigate their daily lives with confidence.
Accent Modification
Accent modification therapy is designed for individuals looking to adjust their accent for personal, professional, or social reasons, aiming to enhance speech clarity and communication effectiveness. Tailored to both non-native speakers and native speakers desiring changes in their pronunciation, our program focuses on improving vowel and consonant sounds, intonation, stress, and rhythm. Certified speech-language pathologists work with you to develop a personalized plan that respects your linguistic identity while providing the tools and techniques needed for your desired outcome. Whether seeking better professional opportunities, improved social interactions, or increased speaking confidence, our accent modification services offer a supportive path to clearer, more effective communication.
Aphasia
Aphasia therapy is a critical service for individuals who have experienced a disruption in their ability to communicate due to brain injury, often resulting from stroke, trauma, or other neurological conditions. This service targets the varied manifestations of aphasia, including difficulties in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. Our approach is centered around personalized treatment plans that address the specific needs and goals of each individual, employing evidence-based techniques to enhance language comprehension and expression. Therapy may encompass a range of strategies, from exercises designed to improve specific language skills to the use of alternative communication methods and technology. Our goal is to support individuals with aphasia in regaining their communication abilities, thereby improving their quality of life and helping them to reconnect with their communities.
Cognitive Communication
Cognitive-communicative therapy addresses the challenges faced by individuals who experience difficulties with cognitive aspects of communication, such as attention, memory, problem-solving, and executive functioning, often resulting from brain injury, stroke, or neurodegenerative diseases. This service is tailored to enhance the cognitive processes that underpin effective communication and daily functioning. Our therapy strategies are designed to rebuild cognitive skills and develop compensatory techniques, facilitating improved understanding and use of language in various contexts. By focusing on personalized goals, we help individuals navigate their social and professional environments more effectively, aiming to restore independence and boost confidence in their communicative interactions. Through a combination of direct intervention and practical application in real-life scenarios, our cognitive-communicative therapy offers a pathway to enhanced communication and cognitive health.
Motor Speech
Dysarthria
Dysarthria therapy targets speech challenges caused by neurological damage, focusing on improving articulation, volume, pitch, and rhythm. Our personalized therapy plans aim to strengthen speech muscles, enhance breath support, and teach effective speech production strategies. We assess each individual's specific needs to offer tailored exercises for motor control and coordination, alongside adaptive communication strategies and assistive technology as needed. Our goal is to help clients communicate more clearly and confidently, significantly enhancing their quality of life.
Apraxia of Speech (AOS)
AOS therapy addresses the difficulty some individuals face in executing the motor movements necessary for speech, despite understanding language and knowing what they want to say. This condition, often caused by neurological damage, can make speech sound disjointed or strained. Our therapy focuses on retraining the brain's pathways to improve planning, sequencing, and coordination of speech movements. Through a combination of repetition, visual and auditory cues, and motor learning techniques, we tailor our approach to each person's specific challenges. The goal of our AOS therapy is to enhance speech fluency and intelligibility, empowering individuals to communicate more effectively and confidently in their daily lives.
Swallowing
Swallowing therapy is designed for individuals experiencing dysphagia, a condition that affects the ability to swallow safely and efficiently, often due to neurological disorders, stroke, or other medical conditions. Our therapy focuses on assessing and managing swallowing difficulties to prevent complications such as aspiration pneumonia, dehydration, and malnutrition. Tailored treatment plans may include exercises to strengthen the muscles involved in swallowing, strategies to improve swallowing safety and efficiency, and dietary modifications to ensure safe consumption of foods and liquids. Our goal is to enhance the overall quality of life by enabling safer eating and drinking practices, reducing the risk of complications, and providing support and education to individuals and their families on managing swallowing disorders effectively.
Voice
Our voice therapy services integrate evidence-based programs such as LSVT LOUD®, SPEAK OUT!®, the LOUD Crowd®, and PhoRTE, renowned for their effectiveness in enhancing vocal strength and clarity in individuals with neurogenic disorders. Alongside these programs, we employ techniques like flow phonation, which promotes efficient voice production, and vocal function exercises to strengthen the vocal cords. Our comprehensive approach is further enriched with a variety of personalized techniques and strategies, including vocal hygiene education, resonance therapy, pitch modulation, and relaxation techniques. This holistic blend of programs, techniques, and strategies enables us to offer tailored voice rehabilitation, ensuring our clients achieve clear, strong, and comfortable voice use in their daily lives.