Speech Therapy & Hearing Services

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Wyoming Valley Children’s Association’s Speech and Language Pathologists, who are licensed by the State of Pennsylvania, provide evaluations, speech therapy and hearing services.

Evaluation of communication skills may include assessment in any of the following areas:

• preverbal communication
• receptive language / comprehension
• expressive language
• articulation / pronunciation of words
• oral motor / feeding
• respiration
• fluency / stuttering

Therapy approaches are individually designed for the child’s needs and developmental level. Therapy may include floor play, table top activities, or a combination of both. Sessions are often one on one (child and therapist). Small group therapy is also offered in order to work on the development of social communication.

Computers and other devices may be utilized in therapy sessions. Augmentative Communication Devices are used with nonverbal children or children who have limited verbal abilities in order to afford the child the opportunity to communicate independently.

Hearing services include two tests to evaluate a child’s hearing:

• Tympanometry: This test evaluates middle ear function.
• Audiometry: This test uses a series of tones at various pitches and volumes to screen for possible deficits.