At Speech Start Therapy we serve individuals and their families, from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Services are provided based on applying the best available research evidence, using expert clinical judgments, and considering clients’ individual preferences and values. At Speech Start Therapy we address typical and atypical communication and swallowing in the following areas:
speech sound production
- articulation
- apraxia of speech
- dysarthria
- ataxia
- dyskinesia
resonance
- hypernasality
- hyponasality
voice
- phonation quality
- pitch
- loudness
- respiration
fluency
- stuttering
- cluttering
language (comprehension and expression)
- phonology
- morphology
- syntax
- semantics
- pragmatics (language use, social aspects of communication)
- literacy (reading, writing, spelling)
- pre-linguistic communication (e.g., joint attention, intentionality, communicative signaling)
- paralinguistic communication
cognition
- attention
- memory
- sequencing
- problem solving
- executive functioning
feeding and swallowing
- oral
- pharyngeal
- laryngeal
- esophageal
- orofacial myology (including tongue thrust)
- oral-motor functions
developmental disabilities
- specific language impairment
- autism spectrum disorder
- dyslexia
- learning disabilities
- attention deficit disorder
- auditory problems
- hearing loss
- deafness
oral anomalies
- cleft lip/palate
- dental malocclusion
- macroglossia
- oral-motor dysfunction
laryngeal anomalies
- vocal fold pathology
- tracheal stenosis
- tracheostomy
- neurological disease/dysfunction
- traumatic brain injury
- cerebral palsy
- cerebral vascular accident
- dementia
- Parkinson’s disease
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- genetic disorders
- Down syndrome
- Fragile X syndrome
- Rett syndrome