Speech, Language, & Cognitive Issues

Frederick, Maryland
Wilmington, North Carolina 

Conditions Treated by Better Speech & Swallow

  • Developmental Delays in Language and Articulation
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder/ PDD
  • Accent Reduction
  • Articulation Disorders/ Phonological Disorders
  • Apraxia ( verbal and motor)
  • Aphasia
  • Cognitive Retraining
  • Dysarthria and Oral Motor weakness/ Slurred Speech
  • Dysphagia – including Oral and Pharyngeal stage deficits
  • Dysfluency
  • Speech Motor Disorders- Stuttering/ Stammering
  • Voice Disorders including Aphonia, Dysphonia

Medical Diagnosis Frequently Treated

  • ADHD/ ADD
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cranio- Facial Abnormalities (Cleft Palate)
  • CVA Cerebral Vascular Accident
    • Pervasive Developmental Delays- Autism spectrum disorders
    • Asperger syndrome
    • Childhood disintegrative disorder (also known as Heller syndrome)
    • Rett syndrome
  • Hearing Loss
  • Developmental Coordination Disorder
  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • Downs Syndrome
  • Feeding/ Swallowing Disorders/ Oral Aversion
  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • TBI- post traumatic Head Injury
  • TIA Trans Ischemic Attack (Mini Strokes)
  • MS- Multiple Sclerosis
  • Parkinson Disease
  • ALS- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Huntington Disease
  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Cancer
  • Seizure Disorder
  • Sensory Integration Disorder
  • Visual Perceptual Disorders
  • Paradoxical Vocal Cord Disorder
  • Dysfunction of Speech/ Voice following surgery, radiation, laryngectomy or ototoxic medication