Success Story: Noah Grows Up with Apraxia
When my son, Noah, was 2 years old, his speech therapist suspected he might have apraxia of speech. Noah had no intelligible language, almost no approximations and very poor oral…
HORN BLOWING
Elizabeth: Our Summer Speech Therapy Schedule
So many parents, at this time of year, find themselves throwing out old notebooks, half used crayons, semi-dried-out markers, ripped folders all with the excited feeling that it is summer!…
22 MONTHS: FAMILY TIME & HORN PROGRESS
We have some fun pictures in this update including one of Belle with her extremely loving brother and sister. You can also see Belle enjoying her veggie straws at therapy…
19 MONTHS: 18 WORDS & 18 SIGNS
Belle is starting to imitate words more which I am excited about. To date, she has approximately 18 words and 18 signs. She is very animated and quite dramatic at…
Ask A Therapist: Trouble Blowing
Hello. I recently purchased the parent kit to use with my son, Patrick. Patrick is 4 years old, has autism and low muscle tone, and is not yet speaking. I…
Ask A Therapist: Vent Weaning with the Horn Hierarchy
Hi Sara, I attended one of your conferences in April. I typically work with preschoolers with speech motor issues. But my question is actually about a teenage boy on a…
HORN #10 AND OTHER HORN HIERARCHY UPDATES
Hi Therapists and Parents, I just wanted to let everyone know that we have made a change to the TalkTools Horn Hierarchy. After much consideration we determined that the hierarchy…
Ask a Therapist: OPT with Adult Suffering from MSA
Hi! I am a trained speech-language pathologist, working in Sweden. I have taken part of the video-based course in the OPT-method and have very positive experiences from using the program…
Ask a Therapist: Horn Hierarchy Targeting Specific Phonemes?
Hi, I have a student that backs sounds meaning he has difficulty making /t/ & /d/ sounds. Do you sell a horn that would help? School-Based Speech-Language Pathologist Hi, I…
Ask a Therapist: Adult Patients with Velopharyngeal Closure
Hello, I am a Speech Pathologist from the Pittsburgh area. Could you tell me what you use as far as horns so that I may incorporate them into my therapy…