What do I do for a day job? Well, this Fall I started my 37th year working as a Speech-Language Pathologist! Yes, it seems hard to believe I have been doing this for that many years. I have to admit, I love my job and I love the many different opportunities I have had with this career. I first started out at the Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center, which has always been a place near and …
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Just One of the Many Benefits of Technology for Speech Therapy
I don’t think it is true for everyone, but for me I am always a little extra proud when things originate in my home town. I’m just a huge Cleveland fan. So when I heard that Cleveland Hearing and Speech, whom Orange Effect Foundation has partnered with for several years to provide summer camp for kids with speech disorders, was the only area provider of Opti- Speech, I was pretty darn …
Learning About Speech Production
What is the typical progression for learning to produce the speech sounds? Children begin developing speech as an infant. By 6 months of age, babies coo and play with their voices producing sounds such as "oo, uh, mm, da, and goo." Children learn speech by imitating the sounds they hear. Caregivers talking about what they are doing during the day, singing songsand reading books expose the child …