Speech therapy is often associated with children.
However, it can provide life changing benefits for adults with speech or language disorders.
Difficulty communicating with your co-worker, partner, or even the neighborhood barista can be frustrating.
If you or a loved one has a speech or language disorder, it may interfere with many different areas of your life. But there is help available.
Here at Forte Speech & Language Therapy, we offer adult speech therapy services in Los Angeles. These services are available via online (teletherapy) and in-person at your home.
There are many factors that can contribute to a speech or language disorder, but you’re not alone. Book your initial consultation or assessment with us today.
Or, read on to find out more about speech therapy intervention and rehabilitation approaches for adults.
What Does Adult Speech Therapy Entail?
Speech therapy can be used to address a whole number of disorders that prevent people from communicating effectively.
Speech therapy can help increase your speech clarity and communication skills. Your speech therapist has a variety of strategies they can use to give you the ability to communicate effectively across your work, home, and social environments.
But your speech-language pathologist (SLP) knows that every patient is unique.
If you have a speech or language disorder, there are a constellation of different hurdles you may face at any age.
That’s why it’s so important to have a personalized speech therapy approach for every individual.
Speech therapy intervention plans, designed by skilled speech-language pathologists, include exercises tailored to your unique challenges, concerns, and functional goals.
When you begin speech therapy with an SLP, you will start by setting SMART goals. Goals for yourself, your speech therapist, and your family or caregivers.
SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Based. This makes tracking progress more effective.
Speech therapy is a step towards improving communication and quality of life.
Benefits of Mobile and In-home Adult Speech Therapy
Los Angeles might be known for its legendary traffic jams, but according to the Tomtom global traffic index, it’s not even in the top 200 of most congested cities worldwide.
However, that doesn’t mean anything to you as you’re sitting in traffic, anxiously hoping you make it to your speech therapy session on time.
But what if a speech therapist could come to you? What’s more, what if that came with a variety of additional benefits?
At Forte Speech & Language Therapy, we want you to get access to the speech therapy support you need. That’s why we have a team of speech therapists who offer in-home or mobile speech therapy sessions.
That means no more time sitting on the 405 getting to and from your speech therapy sessions.
It also helps if you have mobility issues or lack transportation.
Angelenos also tend to be busy people. Having sessions at home means being able to fit in speech therapy between your multiple commitments to your work, family, and friends. It can also help you generalize your skills to your most relevant environment.
Los Angeles is also a diverse city, with people from all corners of the globe and every walk of life imaginable.
With the flexibility of in-home speech therapy and our personalized approach to your journey, we are ready and able to welcome patients from all over to get the treatment they need and work on meaningful speech and language skills.
If this option sounds precisely like what you want, book your first in-home speech therapy session today.
Benefits of Virtual Adult Speech Therapy
Does an in-home speech therapy treatment plan not match with your schedule?
Or would you prefer speech therapy appointments more frequently than mobile speech therapy can provide?
Then, consider online speech teletherapy services.
In Los Angeles, the time when you think you’ll arrive somewhere and the time you do arrive can vary quite a bit.
But you don’t need to worry about that with speech teletherapy.
This can reduce cancelation rates as well.
You might live somewhere on the other side of the city, and teletherapy can save you hours of traveling back and forth.
You might also travel frequently and want to have your speech therapy sessions while out of town.
With virtual speech therapy, you can get continuity of care regardless of where you are.
As mentioned earlier, your speech therapy journey is a team effort of you, your speech therapist, and your family and caregivers.
With its more flexible schedule, speech teletherapy means that your family can be more involved in your sessions.
Digital materials and reports are more accessible to share with those involved as well.
Virtual speech therapy can also help increase your comfort and safety.
That’s particularly true if you or someone you love is immunocompromised or has mobility needs.
Speech teletherapy may provide peace of mind or remove a critical barrier to getting the therapy you need.
And what happens if you live in a rural area with few options for speech therapy in person?
No problem – Forte Speech & Language Therapy is licensed throughout all of California.
Whether you live here in LA or in a small town like Ferndale, Avalon, or Big Bear Lake, we’re here to help.
Our Specializations in Adult Speech-Language Pathology
In the bustling heart of Los Angeles, Forte Speech & Language Therapy stands out for our specialties tailored to adults seeking speech therapy.
Whatever your need, our team will see you on your path to successful communication interactions.
Our concentration on these areas and interventions covers many speech and language disorders.
Whether you’re concerned with pitch, volume, intelligibility, comprehension, or much more, we’re here to help.
Your first speech therapy appointment will be an assessment, unless you have obtained a recent assessment in the past year.
Your SLP assess and analyze your communication skills, exploring your concerns and challenges, and possible speech or language disorders that could cause them.
From there, we’ll discuss your communication goals and likely outcomes.
Then, we’ll recommend a treatment plan including activities and techniques designed to address your individual concerns.
Below, you’ll find out more about the different categories of adult speech therapy we offer.
AAC includes different ways to communicate other than through spoken words. They can be used as a temporary or permanent support, depending on your needs. If you or a loved one has aphasia, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, or another disorder that makes speaking difficult, AAC can help. Speech therapists can help you use your AAC system to communicate with success.
In most cases, speech therapy for developmental disorders is in the realm of pediatric speech therapy. However, sometimes adults don’t discover they have a developmental disorder until later in life. If that’s the case for you, an adult speech therapist can help. We’ll address your concerns and help improve your communication.
Fluency disorders include everything that prevents someone from producing fluent speech. The most common fluency disorder is stuttering. If you stutter, it may be from childhood or it may develop later in life. Either way, an adult speech therapist can help you self advocate, build confidence, and produce more fluent speech in your home, work, and social environments.
Expressive language disorders are difficulties with the way you convey communication to others. Receptive language disorders, on the other hand, are difficulties with the way you understand communication others express to you. These can occur separately or together. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with aphasia or other language disorders, an SLP can help.
Have you discovered you’re autistic or have ADHD later in life? If so, it may have been a significant “a-ha” moment as you realize what’s been at the core of your communication concerns. For these and other neurodevelopmental disorders, speech therapy can help you understand your communication differences, build connections with others, and develop functional and meaningful communication skills.
As you grow older, certain neurological conditions may impact your ability to speak. These include Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, aphasia, Alzheimer’s disease, and others. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with one of these, it can be overwhelming. But you’re not alone. Speech therapy can help retain your ability to communicate.
Speech sound disorders involve an impairment in the production of speech sounds. These can include articulation disorders, phonological disorders, and more. If you have consistent issues with certain speech sounds, a speech-language pathologist can help you build on your strengths and course correct.
Helpful Articles To Learn More About Adult Speech Therapy
You can learn more about speech therapy for adults with these articles from our speech and language therapy blog.
If you need additional help with adult speech and language challenges, our experienced team of speech therapists are here to help you anytime.
