For Adults, For Children Allison Geller For Adults, For Children Allison Geller

How to Fix a Lisp

Both children and adults may be looking for help for a lisp. Learn all about the types of lisps, what causes them, and how to fix them. With the right articulation speech therapy, you or your child can overcome a lisp and understand how to speak clearly and confidently.

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For Adults Allison Geller For Adults Allison Geller

How to Change Your Accent

Accent modification has gained a lot of attention in recent years. Rather than focusing on eliminating an individual’s accent, the goal in accent modification training is to help teach individuals to speak more confidently. Benefits of working with an accent modification coach range from enhancing the clarity of speech, improving the quality and tone of voice, and fine tuning of grammar.

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For Adults Allison Geller For Adults Allison Geller

11 Proven Tips on How to Communicate Effectively at Work

People are more likely to respond positively to ideas that come from someone who appears confident. Confidence makes you sound like a leader. With the job market more competitive than ever, learning how to communicate with confidence is essential for success in the workplace. Here are 11 tips to help you succeed!

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For Adults Allison Geller For Adults Allison Geller

A Guide to Executive Function Disorder in Adults

Do you ever feel disorganized and overwhelmed? Do you feel like you aren’t always able to focus or accomplish the goals that you’ve set up? This may be a result of poor executive function skills. This article will explain executive function disorder and tell you how to strengthen your skills today!

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For Adults, For Children Allison Geller For Adults, For Children Allison Geller

R Sound Speech Therapy: Tips to Make an R Sound

Are you or your child having trouble with the /r/ sound and wondering if you can change it? Difficulty pronouncing the /r/ sound is very common because /r/ is one of the most tricky sounds in the English language to pronounce. This speech problem is known as a rhotacism. In this article, we review the causes, characteristics, and prognosis for rhotacism. We also provide speech therapy tips for helping to pronounce the letter R better.

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For Adults Ashley McCurry, M.A., M.S., CCC-SLP For Adults Ashley McCurry, M.A., M.S., CCC-SLP

How to Improve Brain Health in 6 Simple Steps

While there are certain risk factors for age-related cognitive decline, you can take steps right now to keep your brain healthy. There are a few simple lifestyle habits that keep our brain functioning at optimal performance. Continue reading below to discover six simple steps for a healthier brain. You will learn how small changes in your daily routines can add up to impressive results.

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For Adults Allison Geller For Adults Allison Geller

Ways to Improve Speech in Parkinson's Disease

Difficulty communicating is socially isolating, frustrating and can even make it difficult to express simple wants and needs. This is why it is so important to address the individual communication needs of people with Parkinson’s disease in the most effective ways possible.

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For Adults, For Children Allison Geller For Adults, For Children Allison Geller

Therapy to Regain Your Voice

Your voice has the power to completely change what others think of you. Do you like the sound of your speaking voice? Do you feel like your voice is too soft, too nasal, monotone, quiet, or too loud? If the quality, pitch or volume, or tone of your voice is not where you think it should be, then voice therapy may be the solution. Read on to learn more about what voice therapy is and how you can keep your voice healthy to avoid future voice problems.

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For Adults, For Children Allison Geller For Adults, For Children Allison Geller

What are Voice Disorders?

When the quality, volume or pitch of the voice is different from what is considered normal for other speakers of the same age, gender and cultural background, it may be indicative of a voice disorder. The causes of a voice disorder can vary widely. A speech-language pathologist can help with certain voice disorders. For more information, and to learn how we can help with a voice problem, read on.

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