What is Speech-Language Pathology?
Speech-Language Pathology involves the assessment and treatment of communication disorders. A speech-language pathologist is certified and licensed to conduct evaluations, diagnose speech-language disorders, and provide evidence-based practice intervention based on the child's needs.
​Speech & Language Services
Tiny Voice Therapy Services provide therapy services to children who exhibit or use:
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Articulation Disorder
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Difficulty making certain sounds
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i.e., substituting 'w' for 'r'
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Apraxia of Speech
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Difficulty producing sounds that effects the child's ability to motor plan the specific sounds consistently
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Receptive Language Disorder
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Difficulty with understanding language
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Child might exhibit difficulty with following directions, answering questions, understanding novel vocabulary, etc.
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Expressive Language Disorder
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Difficulty with formulating grammatically correct sentences
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i.e., I swimmed yesterday
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Stuttering
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Within word dysfluencies that interrupt the forward flow of speech
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Sound syllable repetitions
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g-g-g-g-go
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Sound prologonations
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aaaaaaaapple
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Feeding Difficulties
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Children's ability to eat is affected by one or a combination of the following: medical condition (asthma, acid reflux), sensory processing disorder, or oral motor deficits
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Central Auditory Processing ​
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deficits in internally processing sounds. Children might have difficulty following directions, understanding speech in noisy environments, and distinguishing between similar sounds. ​
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Devices
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The use of gestures, pictures, writing, facial expressions, typing in replacement or to supplement spoken language to express thoughts, needs, and wants
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Ranges from low-tech (pictures, gestures) to high-tech AAC device (DynaVox, Accent)
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Gestalt Language Processors​​
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Delayed echolalia ​
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individuals will start communicating with phrases that they have heard from caregivers, Youtube, movies, songs, etc. and progress to freeing words from those phrases
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