Speech Therapy

Building Voices, Breaking Barriers

Speech Therapy services are dedicated to enhancing communication, cognitive communication, language development, articulation, voice, swallowing, feeding, and both expressive and receptive language skills. Our Speech-Language Pathologists specialize in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and offer AAC device services and training.

We're proud to be one of the only providers in Brevard County offering speech and occupational therapy services for both adults and children.

We tailor communication strategies to break barriers and foster independence, ensuring each client reaches their full potential.

“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said.” – Peter Drucker

What is Speech?

Speech is the expressive production of sounds and involves a highly coordinated motor process of breathing, voice production, and articulation of the mouth, lips, and tongue. It's a vital part of human communication and includes several key components:

Articulation: The way we produce individual sounds and words. Precise movement of the mouth, lips, and tongue is necessary to form sounds accurately. For instance, to say the word "rabbit," we must be able to produce the "r" sound clearly instead of misarticulating it as "wabbit."

Voice: This involves using our vocal folds and breathing to produce sounds. The quality of our voice can vary in loudness and pitch. Strain or damage to the vocal folds can occur from excessive talking, yelling, or persistent coughing, leading to vocal issues.
Fluency: Fluency is the flow and rhythm of speech. It's how smoothly sounds, syllables, words, and phrases are joined together when we talk. Disfluencies occur when this flow is interrupted by repeated sounds, syllables, or by pausing mid-speech. Stuttering is one type of fluency disorder characterized by frequent disfluencies.

Understanding and addressing issues in these areas is crucial for effective communication. Speech-language pathologists specialize in diagnosing and treating various speech disorders to help individuals communicate clearly and confidently.

General Information and Frequently Asked Questions

Speech Avenues is a licensed SPEAK OUT!® Provider

SATC proudly offers SPEAK OUT!® therapy, a Parkinson Voice Project program designed to help individuals with neurological disorders regain and retain speech. This evidence-based program emphasizes speaking with INTENT through targeted sessions, home practice, and workbook tools.

SPEAK OUT!® Therapy trains patients to speak with INTENT, transitioning speech from an automatic function to an intentional act.

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