Welcome to The Clinic for Speech-Language & Swallowing Disorders
The Clinic for Speech-Language and Swallowing Disorders in Hawaii provides comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic Speech-Language Pathology services. Our clinic offers initial free-of-charge phone consultations to determine if a Speech-Language Evaluation is needed. With 20 years of clinical experience, we offer Pediatric, Adult, and Geriatric Speech Therapy to enhance skills and improve the quality of life through the different stages of life.
Our Primary Services
Our Therapy Staff has 20 years of multiple levels of clinical expertise in Pediatric, Adult, and Geriatric (Senior) care which includes the following areas:
Pediatric:
- Developmental Delay
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Down Syndrome
- Cerebral Palsy
- Pierre Robin Syndrome
- Cleft Palate
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- Hypotonia
- Stroke
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Dysphagia
- Complex neurological speech and swallowing disorders
Adult and Geriatric:
- Stroke
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Acquired Motor Speech Disorders
- Aphasia
- Cognitive Impairment
- Dysphagia
From The Blog
The Critical Age Hypothesis and Literacy Skills
The Critical Age Hypothesis states that children need to be intelligible or possess clear, understandable speech by 5½ years of age, or they are likely to have difficulty with decoding and spelling (Bishop and Adams, 1990). Decoding is the ability to apply knowledge...
Healthy Hearing and Speech-Language Development
More and more often, parents have reported that their child’s last hearing “test” was their newborn hearing screening (shortly after birth). Every child should have a formal hearing evaluation between the ages of 24-30 months, or sooner, if hearing difficulties are...
Speech, Language, and the Literacy Link
When children have problems acquiring language or have language delays, they are at high risk for difficulty in learning to read and write, and to listen and speak. Problems in language can occur in comprehension and expression, or even in the components of language...