We evaluate and treat adults living with acquired communication disorders resulting from a stroke or neurodegenerative disease.

Acquired Neurogenic Language Disorders

Often a result of damage to the brain such as stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI) or degenerative diseases such as ALS, MS, Parkinson’s, etc.

A language disorder can affect any of the following:

– Spoken language expression and comprehension

– Reading and writing

– Reasoning

– Understanding humour

– Inferences

Motor Speech Disorders

Acquired Apraxia of Speech

Trouble saying sounds, or combining sounds, syllables and words.

Dysarthria

Unintelligible or imprecise speech related to muscle weakness. These individuals may exhibit slurred speech, difficulty controlling volume, rate of speech, intonation and resonance.