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Speech Therapy for Older Persons Living in Assisted-Living Homes

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It is known too many healthcare providers who have worked with us in the past few years that Total Speech Therapy’s lead SLP Ms. Yasminah Abdullah’s has placed a particular focus on treating older indivisuals with speech irregularities or impairment. Because of Ms. Abdullah’s training, past work experience and community involvement we’ve been heavily involved in evaluating and treating patients in assisted-living communities and from the geriatric population.

The evaluation and treatment services we provide to adults in assisted-living homes covers diagnosis such as:

  • Stroke
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Neuromuscular speech disorders resulting from Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease.
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and other conditions (F e., Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome)
  • Geriatric-related conditions (patient/family education and counseling for Dementia)

We Understand our Patient’s Needs

Here at Total Speech therapy, we understand that the process of adapting to and overcoming communication challenges can seem overwhelming, both for the person dealing with the affliction, as well as for his or her family. This keen awareness is demonstrated in our compassion for people and trying our best to help them achieve optimum communication.
Through years of clinical experience, we’ve achieved excellent treatment results especially in the areas of the brain and nervous system disorders that inhibit communication, motor speech disorders, difficulties with swallowing, and cognitive-communication issues.
We Travel To You!

In our years of experience, we have seen significant treatment results when we are able to work with patients in their own environments. Traveling to the patient allows us to interact and work with them in a comfortable and familiar setting, which produces optimal results. Another benefit of having mobile therapists is that we have an opportunity to communicate with the primary healthcare providers, which enables us to work effectively within the targets set for the patient.
Credentials

Total Speech-Language Pathologists, hold the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA’s) certification of clinical competence (CCC-SLP) and are licensed by the state of Maryland to provide speech-language pathology services, we participate in continuing education in order to ensure the most up-to-date knowledge, skills and abilities; in order to provide the highest quality therapy services.
Financial Arrangements

Total Speech Therapy Services participates in Medicare and most of the major insurance carriers, managed care organizations, etc. An office manager can answer any further questions patients/physicians have regarding insurance at the time of the referral.

Disorders that Require Speech Therapy?

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Speech is an integral part of communication and without clear speech and voice, people find it hard to fit into the society. It makes them suffer from self-esteem issues along with many communication complexities as well. It may be inborn or caused by a physical injury, a disease or a disorder the person might be suffering from (e.g. stroke, autism, neurological issues etc). This is where a speech therapist can come to help.

Who needs speech therapy?
Voice, pitch, phonation, articulation, breathing, are all parts of speech. Problem with either one of them can affect the quality of the speech. So who really needs Speech Therapy Owings Mills MD?

People with voice disorders
These kinds of disorders occur when something causes the voice to sound breathy, harsh, and/or may affect its pitch and loudness too. Even speech therapy can be used to help with the voice’s resonance which may make people sound as if they are talking through their nose. The voice disorders often cause irritation and discomfort.

People with speech disorders
These problems may be inborn or caused due to some impairments in the vocal channels of the human body. In some cases of impairments that are affecting the speech, a surgical intervention is often needed which is followed by extensive speech therapy to help with the speech issues. Some of the most common speech disorders include articulation, dysarthria, fluency, oral feeding, and apraxia.

People with language disorders
Language disorders often causes problems in listening, expressing, and even remembering words. The speech therapy in such cases should be individualized, targeting the language needs and the condition of the person.

If you are looking for Speech Therapy Owings Mills MD then log in to our website. We provide a variety of speech therapy programs to adults and children.

Pediatric Speech Therapy

A Look At The Services Of A Pediatric Speech Therapist

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During their developmental stages, children are learning the basic rules of communication; usage of words, expressions, pitch, and other speech and language rules. Some are quick to learn these techniques and catch up on the language barriers while other kids may take more time. A speech and/or language delay, if it prolongs for a long time, can be a cause of concern for the adults around. This is where a pediatric speech therapist can intervene to help speed things up and help to resolve the issues that are causing the speech and/or delay.

Issues that require speech therapy

Some of the most common issues that would require the help of pediatric speech therapy Maryland are:

Speech delay:
This is one of the most common reasons that would require the help of a pediatric speech therapist. It is however easily treatable and would require speech therapy sessions along with some home carryover of what is being learned in the speech her apt sessions. It is often caused when the child is experiencing developmental delays and/or when the child is learning at a rate slower than his peers.

Expressive language problems:
This happens when the child may be good with thinking and understanding things but has difficulty verbally expressing himself with proper usage of words, emotions and expressions. It is treatable and requires a help from pediatric speech therapy Maryland.

Receptive problems:
Here the child has issues associating words with directions and clearly understanding what is being said to him. These issues with understanding/comprehending spoken or written language would require speech therapy along with other targeting comprehension goals.

Autism:
It is a disorder that can cause a lot of developmental delays and issues in children ranging from speech delays to communication issues. The child would benefit from extensive speech therapy treatment to improve functional communication skills and carryover skills in multiple settings (i.e., school, home, therapy).

Intellectual limitations:
Cognitive limitations can lead to speech issues which would require skilled speech therapy sessions to identify and improve the communication problem.

Hearing loss:
Children who suffer from hearing loss or problems with the ear canal often need speech therapy sessions before and after the issue is resolved to fill up any gaps the hearing problem might have created in their development.

If your child suffers from any one of the above mentioned problems, then he or she might benefit from pediatric speech therapy Maryland. Log in to our website and have us help your child with our skilled speech and language therapy services.