by Courtney Caruso | Jun 11, 2019 | Adults, Aphasia, Healthcare, Stroke
Do you know the word “aphasia?” Most people don’t. In fact, more than 80% of people who completed the 2016 National Aphasia Awareness Survey never heard the word “aphasia.” The purpose of this video/blog post is to help spread...
by Courtney Caruso | Jan 2, 2019 | Activities, Adults, Aphasia, Healthcare, Speech Therapy, Stroke
If you’ve made your way to this post, it’s probably because you are currently caring for someone with aphasia. Unfortunately, most people have never heard the word “aphasia” unless they or a significant other has received that diagnosis. So...
by Courtney Caruso | Mar 10, 2018 | Adults, Aphasia, Apraxia, Assessment, Autism, Bilingualism, Children, Early Intervention, Healthcare, School, Speech Therapy, Stroke, Stuttering, Telepractice
Teletherapy (AKA telemedicine, telepractice, telehealth, telespeech, telerehabiliation, virtual speech therapy) is the delivery of health services via a telecommunications system. This service model is becoming increasingly more popular in the fields of...
by Courtney Caruso | Sep 12, 2017 | Adults, Aphasia, Assessment, Healthcare, Stroke
Adults may undergo speech and language evaluations for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, difficulty pronouncing sounds or words, speaking clearly, retrieving and using familiar words, understanding words they hear, speaking fluently,...
by Courtney Caruso | Jul 3, 2017 | Adults, Children, Early Intervention, Healthcare, Speech Therapy
Our hearing ability has a great impact on our communication, from birth through adulthood. Yet, when I recommend hearing tests to current or potential clients, I am often met with the same response, “My child hears fine” or “I hear fine.” Although one’s...
by Everett Van Buskirk | Apr 10, 2014 | Adults, Healthcare, Speech Therapy
I first noticed something was wrong with the left side of my body when I was at a 50s summer concert with my wife Donna. We were holding hands and she noticed my hand tremor; she asked me about it and I blew it off and told her that it happened once in awhile. She...
