Speech Therapy
in Edmond, OK
Speech therapy helps children, adults, and people of all ages recovering from specific conditions improve their ability to communicate and manage their vocal health, hygiene, and all aspects of voice. While people often associate speech therapy with pediatric speech therapy, it's often used to help people improve how they pronounce certain sounds, help with fluency, address vocal strain and stress, manage chronic habits or conditions.
At Journey Counseling Center, our speech language pathologist Suzanne Ritchal has helped people of all ages in Edmond develop and improve their speech so that they can have the best voice possible. As a member of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association, Voice and Speech Trainers Association, and World Professional Association for Transgendered Health, Suzanne can help you find, refine, and improve your voice through speech therapy in Edmond.
How speech therapy works
When you work with a speech language pathologist, they conduct assessments to identify your specific needs and create individual treatment plans designed for you. Using their expertise, they'll introduce you to various techniques and exercises that can improve your speech, language, fluency, and even how and when you swallow.
Depending on what's bringing you to speech therapy, a speech language pathologist can work with another health provider, like a doctor, medication management provider, or caregiver to help provide comprehensive care for you.
Who is speech therapy for?
Speech therapy is often used for children who have developmental delays, difficulty pronouncing certain sounds, or have fluency (also known as stuttering) issues. It's also often used for adults who've had strokes, brain injuries, or other conditions, including apraxia and dysarthria, that affect their communication or swallowing.
While these are common reasons why someone might start speech therapy, it can also help with accent modification, voice shaping, managing chronic coughing, professional speech coaching, and more.
Contact us for Edmond speech therapy
If you've been considering speech therapy for you or someone in your family, our Edmond speech pathologist Suzanne Ritchal can help. She provides both pediatric and adult speech therapy services and specializes in a wide variety of interventions to improve her clients' voice and ways of communicating. Contact Suzanne today to start speech therapy.