We provide speech therapy online for children, adolescents and adults with resonance disorders.
We are a registered NDIS provider and use an inclusive approach to therapy, where the person can be in the comfort and familiarity of their own home.
How can speech therapy benefit people with resonance disorders?
Speech therapy can be highly beneficial for individuals with resonance disorders, which involve abnormal resonance of voice due to issues with the structure or function of the vocal tract, including the nasal cavity. Here are several ways in which speech therapy can help:
1. **Assessment and Diagnosis**: A speech-language pathologist (SLP) can assess the individual’s speech and voice to identify the specific type of resonance disorder (e.g., hypernasality, hyponasality, or mixed resonance). This assessment helps tailor the therapy to the individual’s needs.
2. **Targeted Exercises**: SLPs can provide exercises to improve oral and nasal resonance. Techniques may include specific articulation exercises, voice exercises, and resonance training that help patients learn to direct airflow appropriately during speech.
3. **Awareness and Control**: Therapy can help individuals become more aware of their speech production and voice quality. This awareness can lead to better control over their speech patterns, helping them to reduce hypernasality or hyponasality.
4. **Breath Support and Voice Techniques**: SLPs can teach proper breath control and voice techniques that enhance vocal quality and minimize resonance issues. This training ensures that the individual uses their breath effectively to support clear and resonant speech.
5. **Compensatory Strategies**: Individuals may learn compensatory strategies to modify their speech patterns and enhance clarity. These strategies may include adjusting speech rate, pitch, and loudness to improve communicative effectiveness.
6. **Collaboration with Other Professionals**: For some individuals, resonance disorders may be linked to anatomical or physiological issues that require a multidisciplinary approach. Speech therapy can be integrated with medical treatments, surgical interventions, or other therapeutic modalities.
7. **Confidence and Communication**: Successfully addressing resonance issues can increase an individual’s confidence in their speech and communication abilities, leading to improved participation in social, academic, or professional settings.
8. **Home Practice and Support**: An SLP can provide resources and guidance for practicing techniques outside of therapy sessions, allowing individuals to reinforce their skills and make consistent progress.
In summary, speech therapy offers a comprehensive approach that combines assessment, targeted exercises, awareness building, and personalized strategies, all of which can lead to significant improvements for individuals with resonance disorders.
Services for children, adolescents and adults
We have speech therapists who work with children, adolescents and adults, and we have therapists who have experience with resonance disorders. Read more about our therapists here.
NDIS registered provider
We are a registered NDIS provider and work with self-managed, plan-managed and agency-managed clients.
If your are an NDIS provider or support coordinator we can provide reliable speech therapy for clients with resonance disorders in any location. Refer a client and we’ll connect you to the right clinician.
Is online speech therapy effective?
Yes! A growing body of evidence shows that online delivery of therapy can be as effective as face to face. Online therapy has many other benefits too, including being convenient and accessible for people in regional and rural areas.
How does online speech therapy work?
At Umbo online therapy is not just zoom plus business-as-usual. It’s much more diverse than simply videoconferencing. Umbo therapists provide an individualised approach to each person, using the latest evidence, and a variety of technologies and engagement techniques.
Umbo champions person-centred therapy. It means the person and their family/support people leads the conversation. We believe that the most effective therapy occurs when support is given in the environment where the person lives, learns, works or plays. Therefore we work with the family, and teach skills to you or to other supporters. This means you’re achieving real-life goals, rather than just achieving goals in a clinic.
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