What to Know About Childhood Speech Disorders
Childhood speech disorders are conditions that affect a child’s ability to produce sounds that create words. These disorders can impact a child’s communication skills and their ability to learn effectively. Understanding the types of speech disorders, identifying them early, and knowing the available treatment options are essential for helping children overcome these challenges. Types of…
Enduring Friendships
Esther Holsinger devoted a decade of her career to Columbus Speech & Hearing (CSH), serving as a Speech Therapist from 1983 to 1993. Her dedication and expertise led to her promotion as the first assistant director of the speech department during her tenure. One of Esther’s most cherished memories revolves around her involvement with Head…
A Journey of Hope
In December 1982, Ian entered the world with challenges immediately setting him on a unique path. His Apgar scores were not promising, and as the months passed, it became evident that he wasn’t meeting typical developmental milestones. Debbie Freece, a registered nurse and Ian’s determined mother became increasingly anxious about her son’s well-being. The doctor…
Having Real Conversations
At 19 months old Stella was unable to speak a single clear word besides ‘mama’ and ‘dada.’ Low muscle tone was causing her speech delay. Intervention was needed in order for Stella to become aware of the muscles in her mouth, and be able to coordinate them to speak. Stella was enrolled in the Toddler…
Mallory & JAM
“She is 100% in her element at Columbus Speech & Hearing and looks forward to each session of JAM.” Mallory’s motherJAM is a specialized program for children with deficits in language and peer interaction skills. This program includes both group and individual therapy to support their overall communication success.
Beat the Odds
When most parents are putting away the decorations from a first birthday party and diving into the throes of toddlerhood, Benjamin’s were dealing with the devastation of a diagnosis: Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Apraxia is a motor speech disorder that first becomes apparent just as a very young child is learning speech. These children have…
Pushing Through the Process
When Caroline Mannion is speaking in front of a large group, it seems hard to imagine this articulate graduate student as a small girl without words. Caroline has completed years of therapy to manage apraxia of speech, a motor speech disorder. Speech pathologists at Columbus Speech & Hearing helped Caroline from age 3 through fourth…
2023 Halloween Hop is Sold Out!
The 8th Annual Halloween Hop is officially sold out, and we’re thrilled by the overwhelming response! A heartfelt thank you to all our sponsors who make this event possible. We are excited to have a spooktacular time on October 28th! While our tickets are all spoken for, we’re not done yet! We’re still on the…
What is the Expanding Expression Tool (EET)?
What is the Expanding Expression Tool (EET)? EET is a tool that speech-language pathologists use to help: general description skills, oral expression, written expression, vocabulary comprehension, defining and describing, making associations, stating functions of objects, categorization and similarities and differences. Pictured is an EET semantic map. A yellow rain coat is placed in the middle…
3 Summer Activities You Can Use to Target Speech and Language!
By: Abigail Phillips M.A., CF-SLP Bubbles! Use bubbles to model single words such as, “bubble,” “pop,” “go,” “blow,” “more,” “stomp,” “big,” “little.” For children working on expanding their utterances, model adding one word to each word they say. For example: “more bubbles,” “pop it”, “ready set go,” “blow fast,” “big stomp.” Chalk! Grab chalk and…