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Reduce technology use to boost your child’s language skills – 5 tips to increase face-to-face communication

The introduction of smart phones has definitely helped us to connect with others a lot easier than we did in the past. However, they do come with drawbacks. Their overuse can interfere with face-to-face, child-parent communication interactions that are essential for language development. It can be hard to keep phones out of sight and often […]

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Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss

Many children in Australia and around the world are born with permanent hearing loss. When parents are met with the diagnosis, they often experience not only overwhelming emotion, but also an overwhelming range of choices in terms of communication options.  These communication options can be categorised into 4 main types of communication including: spoken language, […]

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Easy fluency therapy exercises – three tips for speech therapy

Over the last few weeks, I have been writing a blog series targeted at assisting individuals and parents of children receiving speech therapy. Many of my patients and parents of younger patients attend for follow up sessions without having completed their speech exercises over the last week at home. These carry-over exercises are essential for […]

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MS Awareness- What is Multiple Sclerosis?

Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic disease that affects the central nervous system. It occurs when there is damage to the protective layer around nerve fibres found in the brain and spinal cord, casing random patches known as plaques or lesions, which interrupt messages sent along these nerves. MS is one of the most common diseases […]

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Motor Neuron Disease – What is it and what are the different types

Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, which attacks the upper and lower motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Degeneration of the motor neurons means that messages sent through the nerves gradually stop reaching muscles, leading to loss of limb mobility, and difficulties with speech, swallowing and breathing. Some individuals experience […]

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Parkinson’s Awareness – Are there different types of Parkinsonisms?

  Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative brain disorder that progresses slowly in most people. The main symptoms of Parkinson’s – tremor, rigidity and slowness of movement – are also the main symptoms of a number of conditions that are grouped together under the term parkinsonism. “Parkinsonism” is the umbrella term used to describe a number […]

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