Our Area Of Expertise

Lee Silvervan Voice Treatment (LSVT LOUD)

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

  • 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 ​ 

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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”
    “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
    informatio
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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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