Speech Pathology Services

accent employs only experienced Speech Pathologists who have sound working experience in a variety of treatment backgrounds including brain injury, rehabilitation and paediatrics.

A Speech Pathologist has been trained to assess and treat people who have a communication disability.  Communication disabilities are the result of problems with speech, using and understanding language, voice, fluency, hearing, or reading and writing. Communication is the process of being able to understand and to be understood and is something most of us take for granted.  One in seven Australians has some form of communication disability.  This means that one in seven people has a problem understanding other people or being understood by people.  Speech Pathologists also work with people who have difficulties swallowing food and drink.

Speech Pathology services include:

• Voice training.
• Rehabilitation for severe brain injury.
• Liaising with the carers of an individual with dementia.
• Helping individual's who have had a stroke to regain their communicationskills,advising their partner and family.
• Providing education for teachers, doctors or parents.
• Providing communication strategies for a person with intellectual disability.
• Treating a person who has swallowing problems following a stroke.
• Assisting adults who are learning to read.

Speech Pathology is provided in a variety of ways including providing individual therapy, working in small groups, working within a workplace setting, becoming involved in home-based programs, providing resources and information, as well giving advice and direction to clients, their carers and other professionals.