Speech & Language Therapy

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	Speech & Language Therapy
	If your parent is one of the many individuals living in Seattle or Puget Sound who have had a stroke, head injury or surgical procedures involving the mouth or vocal cords, he or she may benefit from the Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center’s speech therapy services.

	Accent Modification		Aphasia & Post-stroke
	The Hearing, Speech and Deafness Center offers both group and private courses in modification of accent. Upon completion of the thirteen-week course, participants experience at least a 50% improvement in their English pronunciation.		A person who has suffered a cerebral vascular accident or CVA - commonly known as a stroke- may experience aphasia, which can affect all language areas including speaking, understanding, reading, and writing in varying degrees.
	Parkinson's disease		Voice feminization
	The Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center is proud to offer the Lee Silverman ® Voice Treatment (LSVT) for Parkinson's disease. Unlike traditional speech therapy methods and other programs, LSVT has documented short- and long-term effectiveness in helping the 89% of Parkinson’s patients who have voice and speech problems.		The goal of the voice feminization program is to enhance the perception of voice quality from male to female.
	Fluency & Stuttering		Dyslexia & Literacy
	Fluent speech is smooth, forward-moving, unhesitant and effortless. A "dysfluency" is any break in fluent speech. Dysfluency types range from very mild (saying "um") to more severe (prolonging a sound, as in "sssssssnack"). "Stuttering" is speech that has dysfluencies that are more severe and/or more frequent than is considered average.		If your parent has difficulty reading and you suspect he or she may be dyslexic, the Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center offers a number individualized programs that can help identify the problem and provide solutions.
	Memory Disorders
	Cognitive difficulties are highly common in persons who have suffered tramatic brain injury. Deficits in cognition vary depending on the location and severity of the injury to the brain.