Voice

Assessments at The Therapy Spot:

• Interview of the individual, their family, or important communication partners
• Review of case history (pre-injury status, academic, employment status, medical & rehabilitation history, etc.)
• Comprehensive assessment of
  • voice (Pitch, resonance, breath, articulation, intonation, language, prosody, rate of speech, nonverbal communication and your social and occupational voice use)
  • we do on-site hearing tests for understanding speech and language
  • contributing factors (stress, mental health etc)
  • What are your voice needs in all different areas of life (i.e, work, school, family interactions, community involvement)?
• Selection, administration, and interpretation of standardized tests
• Consultation with other professionals or review of their reports as indicated

Careful understanding of what you would like to achieve with your voice.

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Analysis of Results and Development of Treatment Plan

An individualized 12-week (most often) plan is developed for you.   The plan takes into consideration :

• your assessment results,
• your current needs,
• goals you want to achieve
• Task analysis of each goal in order to break it down into sub-steps that can be achieved over a 12 week period.

Decision on where Treatment will take place:

• your home
• your work-place
• your school
• our clinic

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Treatment

• Treatment would focus on the specific goals you have laid out.
• All Treatment would be collaborative. You will never feel tested.
• Goals will be broken down into achievable steps and each therapeutic session will target one of those sub-steps to allow for continued progress.
• You will be able to see the progress each week

Further evaluation of progress will occur at 6 week and the 12 week mark.

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