Aphasia is a language disorder that makes it difficult for a person to speak, understand, read, or write, often due to a stroke or brain injury. It can be frustrating for both the person with aphasia and their loved ones, but speech therapy can help. We work with individuals to improve their communication through personalized exercises, alternative methods like gestures or communication devices, and family involvement to support progress. Our goal is to help your loved one regain their ability to connect and express themselves.

Cognition or 'thinking skills' are tools needed to complete everyday tasks, such as remembering to take medications, driving to school/work, paying your bills, and cooking a meal. Cognitive impairments can result from traumatic brain injury, stroke, neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, or Dementia, non-traumatic brain injury, and chronic Autoimmune or inflammatory diseases.  We can help you improve: attention, memory, organization, planning, reasoning.

Impaired speech is very common in Parkinson's Disease.  Here are specific symptoms you may notice: speech that is difficult to understand (ie. slurred or mumbled), soft sounding voice, Slow rate of speech, short rushes of speech, abnormal voice quality (ie. hoarse, breathy or strained).