SLP Gives Palatometer Training

Ann Dorais, of Orem UT, will be holding a Palatometer training course in her office on Saturday, January 9, 2009. This training will last for two hours and will cover the basics of palatometry. Ann plans to hold these training sessions one time per month to start. As more sponsors are found she hopes to increase the frequency.

For now A+ Speech Therapy is sponsoring the training and covering the $45 course fee.

Contact Ann directly for more details. adorais159@gmail.com

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Letter from a Grateful Mom

I am writing this letter with regards to my daughter's speech therapy. She
has been in therapy with Dr. Ana Schmidt and the palatometer since September
2009. I have been so pleased with her progress and success with this
therapy tool.

I would like to share some of my daughter's history with you so that you can
understand my gratitude and appreciation for the tools and strategies used
to bring success to her hard work.

Jamie is an 8 year old little girl who has had some "cute" habits with her
speech. Most of her articulation errors have always added to her
personality, but she never out grew them. Our family dentist informed us
several years ago that Jamie had a tongue thrust and an open and cross bite.
They referred us to an orthodontist and he recommended that we work with a
speech pathologist to strengthen her tongue position in rest and speech.
After working with her for several months, Jamie made little progress and it
was determined that she was tongue tied. We were then referred to an oral
surgeon. He performed a frenectomy and projected that Jamie's speech errors
would improve in just a few months. When we didn't see improvement, we
returned to the orthodontist, who then referred us to Dr. Schmidt.
At this point, I was anxious to try just about anything to bring success to
Jamie's hard work. Dr. Schmidt has given us so much hope and encouragement with the
use of the palatometer. Jamie's progress has been remarkable and she is
speaking beautifully. I know that it has all been with this innovative
therapy.

I would love if more people could become aware of this technique and treatment. It makes so much sense.

I am forever grateful.

Sincerely,

Julie Alexander

Quote of the week:

“When my son would come home from school he wouldn’t
tell me about his day. Since his therapy with
Palatometry he now comes home and tells me all about it,
because he can, it’s so great”

Gena – Provo, UT

Palatometer Seen at ASHA

Recently CompleteSpeech attended ASHA in New Orleans.

While giving demonstrations of the Palatometer system we were

Interviewed by TherapyTimes. They have posted a video of

that interview which gives a demonstration of the Palatometer system.

See video interview/demonstration HERE

Student Working on "sh" sound.

Speech therapist interacting with student while working

on "sh" sound. Notice how the student says that the lights

are not lighting up and the instructor confirms by pointing

that he needs to place his tongue in the right place to make

the right sound.

The speech therapist working with this student is

Kerstine Hart, M.S. CCC-SLP. She has a private practice in

addition to supervising other SLP's and Speech Techs at a local

school district. You can visit her site at: http://www.clearspeechtherapy.net/

Palatometry - affecting other areas of research

A Tongue-Tracking Artificial Larynx

Patients could get their voice back using a device that analyzes contact between the tongue and palate.

By Rachel Kremen

Researchers in South Africa are working on a new kind of artificial larynx that won't have the raspy voice of existing devices. The system tracks contact between the tongue and...

Read the full article here: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/24051/