By Leah Arundel, Clinic Administrator Duncan Lake Speech Therapy, LLC Navigating insurance coverage for specialized services can be quite confusing. Here are some helpful tips to help you understand insurance at our private speech therapy office: Know your plan type! Different types of health insurance plans have different coverage options for speech therapy services. Some...
Month: March 2023
What is a Voice Disorder and Who is likely to Have One?
By Anna Dubiak, M.S., CCC-SLP Duncan Lake Speech Therapy, LLC A voice disorder is when there is an inappropriate discrepancy between vocal quality, loudness, or pitch and a person’s age, gender, cultural background, or geographic location. In short if your voice is not matching your expectation it might be a disorder impacting you. Voice disorders...
Sensory processing in children (a graduate intern post!)
By Katelynn Harris, St. Mary’s College Duncan Lake Speech Therapy Graduate Intern Sensory processing is the way in which the body processes internal and external sensory information. When part or parts of the sensory system are not working properly, a child can become dysregulated. This means they are not in a state of optimal arousal...
Tongue tie or not? Past signs and symptoms to help guide your treatment.
Written by Tamiko Teshima, M.A, CCC-SLP Duncan Lake Speech Therapy, LLC It seems like tongue ties are one of those things that swing back and forth like a pendulum – for a decade or so, they are identified, and then for a decade, the identification fades away. This happens with many disciplines in the...