Accepting New Clients!
Introducing SpeakSTRONG©
Personalized Speech Therapy Backed by Science and Research
SpeakSTRONG© offers speech therapy designed for you and your neurological movement disorder:
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Parkinson disease
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Parkinsonism
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Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
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Multiple System Atrophy
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Essential Tremor
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And more!
We are proud to serve clients across Victoria, Vancouver Island, and beautiful British Columbia in Canada.
Parkinson disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease worldwide, and upwards of 90% diagnosed will develop communication and swallowing disorders.
SpeakSTRONG© is here to help.
Why Choose SpeakSTRONG©
Personalized interventions that consider your goals, needs, and diagnosis
Clinicians with experience and training in current research and techniques
Options for all levels of difficulty, challenge, and disease progression
Virtual services so you can attend appointments from the comfort of home
Individual and group options, as well as education seminars
Evening and weekend appointments to fit your schedule
We treat a variety of symptoms, including...
Articulation
Mumbling
Slurring or stumbling
Unclear enunciation
Speech Pace
Short rushes of speech
Pushing words together
Speaking too quickly or slowly
Volume
Soft or quiet voice
Unstable volume
Fading voice
Voice Quality
Hoarseness or raspiness
Voice strain
Breathiness or weakness
Monotone
Reduced voice enthusiasm
Less intonation
Sounding bored or flat
Trailing Off
Voice changing towards the end of sentences, phrases, and conversations
Fluctuations
Changes in symptoms and severity, sometimes occurring unpredictably
Word Finding
Words at the tip-of-your-tongue
Difficulty keeping up in conversations
Drooling
Too much saliva, which can impact speech, swallowing, comfort, and confidence
Dry Mouth
Too little saliva, which can also impact speech, swallowing, comfort, and confidence
Phlegm
Thick saliva build-up, which can fluctuate with drooling and dry mouth
Swallowing
Difficulty chewing, coughing, throat-clearing, choking, or feeling food caught in throat