Services

We are available to your company or organization on an as-needed, contractual basis. We specialize in offering seminars, screenings, evaluations, and training to Memphis area corporations, hospitals, and schools with a motivation to offer communication improvement as part of their benefit package.

As companies become more ethnically and culturally diverse, managers and employees are dealing with accent and language issues like never before. Memphis Speech Solutions can help alleviate some of these issues. Contrary to traditional speech therapy, corporate speech services are provided in the workplace and are geared toward improving business communications. Corporate speech services include foreign accent and regional dialect modification, presentation skills and voice improvement, speech rate and intonation training, and cross-cultural communication etiquette.

Articulation refers to the difficulty producing and/or forming speech sounds correctly. It is common for children to produce sounds such as, l and r, incorrectly as they develop speech. An evaluation will determine an inventory of your child's sound errors. Treatment is focused on assisting your child learn how to produce sounds correctly.

A language disorder is the impairment in the ability to understand and/or use words in context, both verbally and nonverbally. Some characteristics of language disorders include improper use of words and their meanings, inability to express ideas, inappropriate grammatical patterns, reduced vocabulary and inability to follow directions. One or a combination of these characteristics may occur in children who are affected by language learning disabilities or developmental language delay. Children may hear or see a word but not be able to understand its meaning. They may have trouble getting others to understand what they are trying to communicate. An evaluation will identify your child's difficulty understanding and/or using language. Therapy will help your child learn to use language appropriately and accurately.

Memphis Speech Solutions regularly seeks opportunities to present to private and public school staff on current trends in stuttering evaluation and treatment for preschool and school-age children. Please contact us if your school staff will benefit from a specialized training on fluency disorders.

Stuttering refers to the difficulty producing speech fluently. It is characterized by an interruption in the flow or rhythm of speech. An evaluation will determine the severity of you or your child's stuttering. Treatment targets reducing the frequency and severity of stuttering moments.