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Our Areas Of Expertise

Lee Silvervan Voice Treatment 
(LSVT LOUD) 

  • An effective speech program for people with Parkinson's Disease and other neurological conditions

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  • Extensive research on LSVT LOUD has documented that people with Parkinson's Disease show improvements in loudness, pitch, articulation, facial expression and swallowing

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Language
(Espressive &Receptive)
 

  • Language difficulties affect talking, understanding, reading and writing 
     

  • People with language difficulties may present with difficulties:

    • thinking of the words to say

    • putting sentences together or saying the correct sounds

    • speaking in grammatically correct sentences

    • understanding what others day 

    • spelling and putting words together to write sentences ​ 

Language

(Espressive &Receptive)

 

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Motor Speech 

  • Speech disorders affect how your speech sounds 

  • People with speech challenges may present with: 

    • Slurred speech ​

    • Challenges moving the tongue, lips and jaw  

    • Robotic sounding speech

    • Imprecise articulation 

    • Repetition of syllables or sounds

    • Too Slow or too fast rate of speech 

  • Diagnosis are often termed: "apraxia" or "dysarthria"   

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Cognitive-Communication

  • Cognitive communication disorders can present with the following symptoms:

    • Difficulties functioning independently

    • Difficulty with organisation, judgement and problem solving

    • Memory challenges and/or knowledge of current events and/or personal history 

    • Social communication difficulties including verbose communication 

    • Difficulties understanding abstract information 

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Alternative and Augmentative
Communication

  • Alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) may include: 

    • Aided systems to assist with communication including pictures and speech generating devices ​

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Swallowing

  • A swallowing disorder, known as dysphagia, may occur as a result of various medical conditions

  • Signs of dysphagia may include

    • drooling

    • food or liquid remaining in the oral cavity after the swallow

    • food and/or liquids leaking from the oral cavity

    • wet or gurgly sounding voice during or after eating or drinking

    • coughing during or right after eating or drinking

    • recurring aspiration pneumonia/respiratory infection and/or fever

    • weight loss or dehydration from not being able to eat enough.

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