Speech Language Therapist

Speech-language therapists assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication and swallowing disorders. Patients range from children whose speech is slow to develop, to older individuals whose ability to speak has been impaired by illness or injury. A personal treatment plan is developed for each patient. Patients and their families are educated about how to overcome challenges stemming from communication or swallowing problems.

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Our practice can offer services in Afrikaans, English, and German.

Our Speech Therapy services include the assessment and management of:

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• Impaired speech/language ability following a stroke, or traumatic brain injury.

• Swallowing / feeding difficulties after neurological incident (e.g., stroke, brain injury).

• Higher cognitive function and cognitive communication impairment (attention, memory, reasoning, problem-solving) following a stroke, or brain injury.

• Language delay in children. We help children increase the number of words they can understand or say (improve receptive and expressive vocabulary).

• Articulation (speech sound) errors. We help children and adults learn how to form sounds and improve speech clarity.

• Auditory processing, reading, and spelling/ writing skills with school-age children.

• Communication skills in individuals with hearing loss. We provide aural rehabilitation that helps improve the quality of life for individuals with hearing loss.