The Language Lab
High quality speech language pathology
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The Language Lab is committed to providing services for a wide range of disorders areas including; speech sound, fluency , language , social communication, cognitive communication, feeding, and complex communication disorders requiring Alternative Augmentative Communication AAC
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Primarily virtual- in person available for Boston area summer 2023
The Language Lab provides high quality services aimed to prevent, assess, diagnose and treat communication and swallowing disorders
Evaluation
Diagnosis
Treatment
Treatment areas
Speech Sound Disorders
an impairment of the articulation of speech sounds, fluency and/or voice.
Social Communication
characterized by persistent difficulties with the use of verbal and nonverbal language for social purposes. Primary difficulties may be in social interaction, social understanding, pragmatics, language processing, or any combination of the above .
Alternative and Augmentative Communication AAC
AAC falls under the broader umbrella of assistive technology, or the use of any equipment, tool, or strategy to improve functional daily living in individuals with disabilities or limitations.
Treatment areas continued
Language Disorders
impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written and/or other symbol systems. The disorder may involve (1) the form of language (phonology, morphology, syntax), (2) the content of language (semantics), and/or (3) the function of language in communication (pragmatics) in any combination.
Cognitive Communication
difficulty with any aspect of communication that is affected by disruption of cognition. Some examples of cognitive processes include: attention, memory, organization, problem solving/reasoning, and executive functions.
Feeding and Swallowing
If your child coughs or chokes when eating, refuses food or liquid, has a wet, gurgly voice after eating, starts to lose weight, or has less energy than usual, talk to your doctor about seeing a feeding and swallowing professional.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (1993). Definitions of communication disorders and variations [Relevant Paper]. Available from www.asha.org/policy.
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Servicing Massachusetts, California, and Florida
virtual and in person services are available in the Boston area for summer 2023
margaret@thelanguage-lab.com
Phone Number
(617) 329-1893