A&A Speech and Swallow Therapy LLC

17/11/2023

Very excited to attend ASHA conference in Boston this week!

11/10/2023

When you are a mobile therapist and have time between clients to enjoy beautiful view 🌊

11/03/2023

Happy 1st Birthday A&A Speech and Swallow Therapy!!!

16/12/2022

Love this on IG! 🪙🪙

16/12/2022

04/12/2022

20/11/2022

McNeill Dysphagia Therapy Program is a systematic exercise therapy program for difficulty swallowing in adults. MDTP helps patients use swallow as exercise and organize swallowing activities using exercise physiology principles.

If you or the loved one experiencing difficulty swallowing, reach out for free consultation! (781)334-8922

17/11/2022

Swallow therapy research has grown over the course of the last decade. We now know that most commonly used swallowing techniques are no longer effective in treatment of swallowing disorders.
Myth #1... Thicker is better! We all heard that one before! The second the patient coughs, liquids get downgraded to thickened liquids. Miles et. al (2018) found that patients may be more likely to silently aspirate thickened liquids than thin liquids. So just because a patient coughs with thin liquids and does not cough with thickened liquids does not mean that they are not aspirating! The patient may be silently aspirating! As more research emerges, we realize that thickeners are not as benign as initially thought and it should not be prescribed without instrumental studies. We need to weigh the risk of pulmonary harm and other risks of thickened liquid use prior to prescribing them for each patient.

31/10/2022

Happy Halloween 🎃

30/10/2022

What are the benefits of in home Speech Therapy?

My clients are a lot more conformable in their homes and are more receptive to any functional strategies, recommendations and treatment.

- Therapy in clients’ home helps to focus on a more meaningful connection and functional goals
- More personalized treatment and approach to therapy
- Improves attendance and participation therefore promoting faster recovery and outcomes
- Relieves burden of traveling
- Save time and money on gas
Contact us for free phone consultation
(781)334-8922
www.aaspeechandswallow.com

A&A Speech and Swallow Therapy LLC is a mobile private practice serving North of Boston offering swallowing, speech, language, and cognitive therapy services to adult clients in the comfort of their own home or via Telehealth.

30/10/2022

Do you find certain foods are difficult to chew and swallow? Do you cough while eating or drinking? You might experience difficulty swallowing. Swallowing problems can result in a variety of neurological impairments (stroke and brain injury), head and neck cancer, trauma as well as neurodegerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and MS.
Do you experience any of the following most common symptoms?

- Coughing during and after meals
- Food and liquids remaining in the mouth after swallow
- Food or liquid spilling from the mouth
- Poor saliva management (excessive drooling)
- Sensation of food in the neck
- Pain when swallowing
- Difficulty coordinating breathing and swallowing
Frequent pneumonia
Changes in eating habits and avoidance of food/drinks
Wet/gurgly sound voice during and after meals

Speech therapy can help you!

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A&A Speech and Swallow Therapy LLC

10/05/2022

May is Better Speech and Hearing month and I would like to educate what a Speech Language Pathologist does. As a speech therapist I specialize in treatment of clients who suffer from difficulty swallowing. Medical term for difficulty swallowing is “dysphagia” and it can result from various medical conditions such as cancers, dementia, Parkinson’s, MS, muscular dystrophy, stroke, brain or spinal cord injury and many other medical conditions. Individuals with dysphagia may experience many symptoms such as coughing during and after eating, difficulty chewing, food sticking in throat, food “doesn’t want to go down,” avoiding certain foods, and recurrent pneumonias. Speech therapy can help individuals who suffer from difficulty swallowing by recommending a modified diet, strategies or exercise program to strengthen swallow function mechanism.

If you or someone you know can benefit from speech therapy contact me and we can discuss how I can help!

08/05/2022

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

04/05/2022

May is Better Speech and Hearing month and what a great opportunity for me to educate what Speech Language Pathologist does. Very often when I walk into a patient’s room and introduce myself, the first thing that the patient says to me “but I can speak just fine!” I have to go into a long description on what my job entails and why am I here to help them. As a medical SLP I work with patients who suffered a stroke, brain injury or suffer from neurodegenerative disease such as Parkinson’s, MS or ALS. Many of my clients have trouble finding the right words, have difficulty with memory and attention, managing their medication or finances or have difficult time making the right decision, plan and/or organize tasks or thoughts. Well guess what…. Speech therapist can help patients to regain those skills!

If you or someone you know can benefit from speech therapy contact me and we can discuss how I can help!

11/03/2022