This blog post addresses: What is an accent? What is the difference between accent modification and accent reduction? What is involved in the assessment? Why Well Said: Toronto Speech Therapy? We also feature Daniel Boyle's own linguistic background and philosophies when working with accents.
Read MoreThis blog posts addresses frequently asked questions, beginning with "what is voice therapy?" and who can benefit. Many people are motivated to change and improve their voice. Perhaps you're someone who uses their voice a lot for work (a teacher, lawyer, or yoga instructor, for example). Maybe you'd like to sound more authoritative, more mature. Read on to learn how voice therapy can help you to improve your communication.
Read MoreThis blog post is helpful for both people who stutter and people who are interested in supporting someone who stutters. Many FAQs are addressed and elaborated upon.
Read MoreHave you noticed that many of the resources, blogs, and articles on the internet are for lisps and speech therapy with children, not adults? Not anymore.
Why is working on an adult lisp different than a child’s lisp? How is working on an adult lisp and a child’s lisp the same? What is a lisp? What causes a lisp? We're answering these questions in a unique post on treating frontal and lateral lisps in adulthood.
Read MoreWelcoming Alyssa McCarthy, Toronto-based Speech-Language Pathologist and newest member of our team. Alyssa brings experience in speech therapy for adults, voice therapy for singers, transgender voice and communication training and executive functions therapy, which made her an excellent match for Well Said: Toronto Speech Therapy's clients and clinical team.
Read MoreAs a bilingual country, most (if not all) Canadians encounter French at some point throughout their lives, whether at home, in school, work, or in their travels. When it comes to reading, writing, or understanding the language, English speakers who have studied the language may feel perfectly comfortable—until, of course, it comes time to speak it aloud! Unfortunately, though anglophone students in Canada often spend years in school learning French, many feel hesitant to speak it due to difficulties with their accent.
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