Clients often ask us for tips and tricks to improve communication and so without further adieu:
A Speech-Language Pathologist's Top Ten Ways to Improve Communication At Home
Read MoreWith out intervention, dysfluency disorders often continue into adulthood and can significantly affect an individual's self-confidence and self-esteem. Adolescents and teens who stutter while speaking often try to conceal their difficulty by rearranging words in sentences, pretending to forget their thoughts mid-sentence, or by not speaking much at all
Read MoreA speech therapist can often help with learning the sounds of a new language to help improve pronunciation of words and eliminate any accents or influences from the native language.
Read MoreIn the case of call centre agents, these techniques can include warm up exercises prior to commencing the job, teaching good posture to prevent strain of the voice, determination of comfortable pitch and loudness volume as well as how to alternate pitch instead of increasing loudness to emphasize a point
Read MoreWith my actors, we often work on their scripts, preparing them for a role they already have. Or, we work on material for upcoming auditions focusing on vowels, consonants, and intonation. As we know, vowels differences between regions comprise a large part of the accent challenge.
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Now in my thirties, even as my attention span recovers, bad social habits remain which have to be unlearned. Only recently did I realize that I tended to cut people off mid-sentence in conversation.
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