Speech Therapy

Speech impairments include a huge range of disorders and physical impediments. Sometimes their impact is subtle; at other times, they can leave the client traumatized and unable to effectively communicate with others. 

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At Best Speech Therapy, PLLC, we help our clients achieve their maximum clarity as communicators, by using proven treatments for speech disorders that match each client's unique needs. We help clients learn to communicate with greater ease and proficiency. We always emphasize the most current and adaptive strategies, employed by a diverse team of caring, certified speech pathologists. We serve culturally and linguistically diverse populations and make both bilingual and monolingual Spanish and English interventions available.

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What is Speech Therapy?

Speech Pathologists work with people who are having challenges from the neck up. Speech Therapy diagnoses and treats a variety of speech-language, cognitive, voice, and feeding-swallowing difficulties in children and adults. Many people have difficulty speaking and communicating. Causes can range from physical to psychological, and symptoms from subtle to debilitating. Fortunately, speech therapy is a well-developed science with many proven methodologies. 

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At Best Speech Therapy, PLLC, we specialize in speech sound disorders caused by structural differences of the jaw - lips/cheeks or tongue, muscle weakness, and/or decreased muscle coordination. Some of our patients have the following symptoms:

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• Slurred or unclear speech

• fatigue from speaking

• Picky eating

• Chewing with mouth open

• have trouble producing one or more of the following sounds: /s, z, l, r, ch, sh, j, th/ in addition to other sounds

• tongue, lip, and/or cheek ties

• uncoordinated movements of the jaw, tongue, and/or lip muscles

• low tongue posture

• lisps

• open mouth posture 

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For this reason, we recommend requesting an orofacial myofunctional evaluation to rule out any structural differences which may be impacting you or your child's ability to produce clear speech. 

 

Can you help me?

Yes! Our caring, certified speech therapists have helped thousands of clients find their voice and learn to communicate effectively at work and home. We have worked with people who have complained of the following:

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• tired jaw from chewing and/or speaking

• tired voice

• head, face, and/or neck pain

• slurred or unclear speech

• lisps

• open mouth posture

• low tongue posture

• tongue, lip, and/or cheek ties​

 

Can you help my child?

Also Yes! Our speech therapists have experience working with early childhood (ages 0-3) and school-age children. We work collaboratively as a team with parents and caregivers, and we're available for consultations with other professionals who work with your child. We have a proven success rate in facilitating effective communication in kids. 

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It is our belief that many late talkers may be experiencing underlying orofacial myofunctional disorders which result in difficulty with sequencing and coordination of the mouth muscles and are misdiagnosed as expressive language delay or disorder. For this reason, every child who presents with speech sound challenges will need to start with an orofacial myofunctional evaluation. 

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I'm ready to get started!  

Great! Please fill out the appointment request form to request an orofacial myofunctional evaluation appointment and we will contact you shortly.