Recently we celebrated Speech Pathology Week. Our team chose different ways to celebrate and demonstrate appreciation for the great work our Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) do in helping people Communicate for Life. Here\’s a couple of examples of how we celebrated together: Speech Pathology Week Quiz created by Adam (one of our SLPs) A lunch […]
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It is always a tough decision for mothers to transition their babies to solid foods. Whether you are a new parent or a seasons parent, starting solids can be confusing. Things do not always as expected and when this happens, it can be hard to navigate the mixed advice, especially when combined with the vulnerability
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Swallowing Did you know that we swallow more than 900 times a day? Swallowing is a complicated and delicate reflex that is essential to everyday life. We need to coordinate the muscles in our cheeks, jaw, lips, tongue and throat (26 muscles in total!) Our swallow begins to develop right from when we were born
Our voices are the primary method with which many of us express ourselves to the world. However, often we don’t realise that in order to maintain the functioning of our voices, we need to look after our voices just as we look after the other parts of our body. The delicate network that makes up
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We\’ve all experienced the sensation of our drink going down the wrong way – the coughing, the watery eyes, the breathlessness. It\’s certainly unpleasant. Now imagine if this happened every time you took a sip of water. Not only is this sensation unpleasant, but you would be at a much greater risk of developing a
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