TELEHEALTH/Telepractice Services
Online Services
meeting your therapist through a videoconferencing platform for synchronous video and audio communication
We offer individualized one-on-one services (speech therapy or communication coaching) for adults for a number of treatment areas allowing you to avoid long travel times to therapy or not being able to access a speech therapist or consultant at all because of your location.
Participating in an online meeting is easy. You likely have the technology that you need on your computer, laptop or phone. Using our video conferencing software, you can meet your speech-language pathologist and achieve your speech, social and communication goals without having to leave the comfort of home.
Online speech therapy is a newer clinical service delivery model that we have been utilizing since 2012.
We have received many questions from our clients about the effectiveness of online therapy. We find it as effective as in-person therapy for most of the goals we set with clients. The American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) has published the following in their Telepractice Practice Guideline:
What is Telehealth/Telepractice?
Telehealth/Telepractice is being used in the assessment and treatment of a wide range of speech and language disorders, including the following:
Aphasia (Macoir, Martel Sauvageau, Boissy, Tousignant, & Tousignant, 2017)
Articulation disorders (Crutchley, Dudley, & Campbell, 2010; Grogan-Johnson et al., 2013)
Autism (Higgins, Luczynski, Carroll, Fisher, & Mudford, 2017; Iacono et al., 2016; Parmanto, Pulantara, Schutte, Saptono, & McCue, 2013)
Dysarthria (Hill et al., 2006)
Dysphagia (Cassel, 2016; Malandraki, McCullough, He, McWeeny, & Perlman, 2011; Perlman & Witthawaskul, 2002)
Fluency disorders (Carey, O’Brian, Lowe, & Onslow, 2014; Carey, O’Brian, Onslow, Packman, & Menzies, 2012; Lewis, Packman, Onslow, Simpson, & Jones, 2008)
Language and cognitive disorders (Brennan, Georgeadis, Baron, & Barker, 2004; Sutherland, Hodge, Trembath, Drevensek, & Roberts, 2016; Waite, Theodoros, Russell, & Cahill, 2010)
Neurodevelopmental disabilities (Simacek, Dimian, & McComas, 2017)
Voice disorders (Halpern et al., 2012; Mashima & Brown, 2011; Theodoros et al., 2006; Tindall, Huebner, Stemple, & Kleinert, 2008; Towey, 2012b)