“Precise Speech
enabled me to ‘see the light at the end
of my tunnel’. After surviving a Traumatic
Head Injury, very few people could understand
a word I said. Now, I’m able to carry on
detailed conversations over the phone and be understood.
I owe a great deal to the Speech Pathways
professionals' creativity and innovative approach
to my personal needs.” Thank you!
Curt, Missy and Cage
Precise
Speech is an integrated speech
movement program to maximize speech potential in stroke
and head injury patients. This program is suitable
for patients experiencing any degree of functional
movement problem associated with respiratory speech
support, voicing onset and offset control, palatal
control, lingual accuracy and labial precision.
Precise Speech uses creative protocols including:
• Breathing bag respiratory techniques
• Vocal aerobic activities
• Palatal stimulation
• Metronome-guided exercises of up to 1500 vowel
and consonant practice combinations
• Respiration, phonation and articulation coordination
exercises
